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^tentorial Volume 

WASHINGTON 

SESQUI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY 





ENTERED, NOVEMBER 4, A.D. J7.52 , A.J , 
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE RIGHT 
WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE 



OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE 
FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED 
MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND MASONIC 
JURISDICTION THEREUNTO BELONGING 



AT ITS CELEBRATION OF THE 

&esqut-centmmal ^mtibersarg ol 

tjje Unttiatton oi Mxofytx 

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HELD IN THE MASONIC TEMPLE, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 

ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE FIFTH 

A. D. I902 A. L. 5902 



1902 

GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA 

PHILADELPHIA 



THE LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS, 


Two Copies Received 


APR 30 1903 


Copyright Entry 


CLASS <X XXc. No. 


COPY B. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1903, in the Office of the 

Librarian of Congress, at Washington, by the 

Washington Sesqui-centennial Anniversary Celebration Committee 

of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons. 



Committee on Memorial Volume 

¥ 
Brother EDGAR A. TENNIS, R. W. Grand Master. 
Brother WILLIAM A. SINN, R. W. Grand Secretary. 
Brother JAMES M. LAMBERTON, P. M. Lodge No. 21. 

This is iVo.45 



PRINTED AND BOUND BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 



CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Introduction 9 

The Sesqui-centennial Medal 11 

The Suggested Programme 15 

Extracts from the Kecords of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . 21 

The Souvenir Apron 40 

The Invitation 44 

The Celebration 51 

Keception of the President of the United States .... 52 

The Order of Procession .54 

The Programme 60 

Exercises in Grand Lodge : 

Members and Visitors Present .61 

Prayer by Grand Chaplain Kobins 91 

Address of "Welcome by R. W. Grand Master Tennis . . 93 

Keply by M. W. Grand Master Gallagher .... 99 
Address : Freemasonry and Citizenship. By Brother Theodore 

Koosevelt, President of the United States .... 107 
Address : Washington as a Freemason. By Brother James M. 

Lamberton 117 

Address : "Washington as a Citizen. By Brother Stewart L. 

Woodford 177 

Greetings from Visiting M.W. Grand Masters and other Brethren 181 

Prayer by Grand Chaplain Whitehead 196 

The "Washington Relics 198 

The Banquet 202 

The Arrangement of Seats 203 

The Menu 208 

The Souvenir Plate 278 

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Contents 



PAQF. 

The Table Lodge 210 



Replies to Toasts : 

1. E. W. Grand Master Tennis 211 

2. Brother George W. Guthrie 223 

3. Kt. Kev. Brother Henry C. Potter 231 

4. B. W. Junior Grand Warden Orlady . . . .234 

5. M. W. Grand Master Kerns 241 

6. Brother William A. Stone, Governor .... 249 

7. M. W. Grand Master Shryock 255 

8. Brother J. Franklin Fort 261 

9. Brother Samuel W. Pennypacker 265 

10. Brother Charles Emory Smith 270 

The Music 279 

The Loan Exhibition or Washinqtoniana 281 

The Catalogue 283 

Letters of Kegret 343 

Lodges which held Celebrations 373 



Conclusion 382 

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ILLUSTRATIONS 

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PAGE 

Washington Frontispiece 

The Sesqui-centennial Committee 12 

The Invitation 44 

The President's Card of Admission 46 "^ 

The Masonic Temple, Philadelphia 51 

The Washington-Lafayette Apron . . See back of Programme 61 ' 

Brother Edgar A. Tennis, K. W. Grand Master 93 

Brother Theodore Koosevelt, President of the United States . . 107 

Washington's Eesidence in Philadelphia 155 

Washington's Keply to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . . .161 

Pare Masonic Portrait of Washington 173 

The Washington Eelics 198 

Washington 's Lodge Notice 201 - 

The Grand Banquet Hall 202 

The Houdon Statue of Washington 208 

The Sesqui-centennial Medal See in Menu 208 

Marble Block in the Washington National Monument at Washing- 
ton, D. C See back of Menu 209 

The Souvenir Plate 278 

The Loan Exhibition of Washingtoniana 282 



Washington 
Sesqui-centennial Anniversary 



INTRODUCTION 

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, at the Annual 
Grand Communication, held in the Masonic Temple, in 
the City of Philadelphia, on St. John the Evangelist's 
Day, December the twenty-seventh, a.d. 1901, a.l. 
5901, on motion of Brother James M. Lamberton, 
decided to celebrate the One Hundred and Fiftieth 
Anniversary of the initiation of Brother George 
Washington into the Fraternity of Freemasons, an 
event which took place on November the fourth, a.d. 
1752, a.l. 5752; and recommended that the Lodges 
throughout the Jurisdiction should also hold celebra- 
tions. A Committee of Twelve was appointed to pre- 
pare a programme, take charge of the Grand Lodge's 
celebration, and suggest a programme for the use of 
such Lodges as might desire to hold similar celebra- 
tions. 

A Committee of Three, consisting of Brother Edgar 
A. Tennis, K. W. Grand Master, Brother William J. 
Kelly, R. W. Past Grand Master, and Brother James 
M. Lamberton, was appointed to invite the President 
of the United States, Brother Theodore Roosevelt, 



TKHasbinaton Seequi^centennial anniversary 

and the Governor of Pennsylvania, Brother William 
A. Stone, to be present in Grand Lodge at the cele- 
bration. 

The proceedings of the Grand Lodge on the subject 
will be found in full below on pages 38 and 39. 

The Committee to invite the President waited upon 
him at the White House in the City of Washington, 
by appointment, on Saturday, January the fourth, 
1902, and Brother Roosevelt, in acknowledging the 
invitation, said he should like very much to attend 
the celebration, and would do so unless public business 
prevented. 

The courtesy and assistance of Mr. George B. Cor- 
telyou, Secretary to the President, and of Brother 
William Loeb, Jr., Assistant Secretary to the Presi- 
dent, were greatly appreciated by the Committee. 

Later, R. W. Grand Master Tennis and Brother 
Lamberton waited upon the Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania at the Executive Mansion in the City of Harris- 
burg, and presented the invitation, which Brother 
Stone accepted. 

The Committee of Twelve, which consisted of the 
following : 

Brother Edgar A. Tennis, R. W. Grand Master ; 
" James W. Brown, R. W. Deputy Grand 

Master ; 
" George W. Kendrick, Jr., R. W. Senior 

Grand Warden ; 

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Introduction 



Brother George B. Orlady, R. W. Junior Grand 
Warden ; 
" Thomas R. Patton, R. W. Grand Treasurer ; 
" William A. Sinn, R. W. Grand Secretary ; 
Conrad B. Day, R. W. Past Grand Master ; 
" William J. Kelly, R. W. Past Grand 

Master ; 
" George E. Wagner, R. W. Past Grand 

Master ; 
" James M. Lamberton, P. M. Lodge No. 21, 
Harrisburg ; 
George D. Moore, P. M. Lodge No. 106, 

Williamsport ; and 
William J. Diehl, P. M. Lodge No. 321, 
Pittsburgh ; 

met in the private office of the Grand Master, on 
Wednesday, March the fifth, at two p.m., the R. W. 
Grand Master in the chair. Brother Lamberton 
was elected secretary. Numerous meetings were held 
in the same place, from time to time. Subsequently 
Brother James Jarden, Jr., was appointed clerk to 
the Committee. 

As the exact anniversary of Washington's initia- 
tion (November the fourth) fell on election day, it 
was decided to hold the Grand Lodge celebration on 
Wednesday, November the fifth. 

As a memorial of the celebration, it was decided that 

a medal should be struck, and the work of making the 

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XKHasbinQton Seequt^centcnntal anniversary 

dies was intrusted to the United States Mint at Phila- 
delphia, and was done under the direction of the chief 
engraver, Mr. Charles E. Barber. From these dies 
the medals were struck by Mr. Joseph K. Davi- 
son, of Philadelphia. The obverse bears the head of 
Washington in profile, to the left, from Stuart's 
portrait ; with the dates " E. A. Nov. 4, 5752. F. C. 
Mar. 3, 5753. M. M. Aug. 4, 5753." under the head ; 
the inscription around the rim reads : " SESQUI • 
CENTENNIAL • OF . WASHINGTON'S ■ INITIA- 
TION • AS • A • FREEMASON • A • L • 5902." The 
reverse shows the seal of the Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania. 

One of these medals was given to each Brother who 
attended the celebration, and one was sent to each of 
the Grand Lodges with which the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania holds fraternal relations. 

A representation of the medal will be found in the 
menu, which is given at page 208. 

Under date of June the twenty-third, the following 
letter, accompanied by two copies of the "Suggested 
Programme," was sent to each of the four hundred 
and forty Subordinate Lodges in Pennsylvania : 



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Bandmaster 



0f? GRAND WAPD £n 







b? M. LAMB 



^ST MASTER 
THE SESQUI-CENTENN.AL COMM.TTEE. 



Ilntrofcuctton 



OFFICE OF THE 

R. W. Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons 
in Pennsylvania. 

MASONIC TEMPLE, Philadelphia, June 23rd, 1902. 
To the Worshipful Master, Officers, and Brethren of Lodge No. : 

Dear Sirs and Brethren: 

The fourth day of next November will be the sesqui-centennial anniversary 
of the initiation of Brother George Washington into our Ancient and Honorable 
Fraternity, that event having taken place in "The Lodge at Fredericksburg," in Vir- 
ginia, on November fourth, A.D. 1752, A.L. 5752. 

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, at its last Annual Grand Communication, 
resolved to celebrate the anniversary by suitable ceremonies, in this city. It being 
impossible for the members of all the Lodges in the Jurisdiction to participate in that 
celebration, the Grand Lodge recommended that the Lodges should hold similar cele- 
brations, and, to that end, directed that a programme should be prepared as a sugges- 
tion for the use of such of the Lodges as might desire to make use of it. Two copies of 
the suggested programme are sent herewith. 

There is no need to say anything as to the greatness of our illustrious Brother ; his 
name will never be forgotten while a freeman lives. 

It is a source of great satisfaction to us as Freemasons, that we are able to claim 
Washington as a Brother of the Craft, a claim he was always ready to allow ; for he 
himself said : " Being persuaded that a just application of the principles on which the 
" Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be promotive of private virtue and public pros- 
perity, I shall always be happy to advance the interests of the Society, and to be 
" considered by them as a deserving Brother." 

It was the peculiar good fortune of the Craft in Pennsylvania to have very fraternal 
relations with our Brother, as our records show ; and it is believed that the Brethren of 
Pennsylvania, as loyal citizens, will be glad to pay a fitting tribute to the Father of our 
Country, and, as loyal Freemasons, will heartily join in making the celebration of the 
approaching anniversary worthy of the very interesting Masonic event which it com- 
memorates. 

It will be proper for the members of your Lodge to unite with your Brethren of 
neighboring Lodges in holding a joint celebration, and the assistance of your District 
Deputy Grand Master will be gladly afforded, as far as possible. 

This celebration may be held at the stated meeting following the fourth of Novem- 
ber, or at a special meeting as near as conveniently may be to that date. 

In order that justice may be done to the subject, it is advisable that the Brethren 
who are to deliver the addresses at the celebration should be selected at once, that they 
may have as much time to prepare as possible. 

If you hold a celebration, and if you desire it, souvenirs will be sent to you in the 
shape of pictures of Washington's Masonic apron, the handiwork of the wife of 
Brother, the Marquis de Lafayette, and presented by him in 1784, when he visited 
Mount Vernon, and now in the Library, in the Masonic Temple in this city, provided 
application is made to this office before October 10th next, stating the number needed. 

If a celebration is held under your auspices, two copies of the programme should 
be sent to this office for preservation. 

I suggest that the Worshipful Master appoint at once a committee from your Lodge, to 
act either alone or in conjunction with other Lodges, so that by your stated meeting in Septem- 
ber you will have completed all necessary arrangements. 
Fraternally yours, 




E. W Grand Master. 



'':..' ' ■■<'' .' 



A Suggested Programme 

FOR THE CELEBRATION of the SESQUI- CENTENNIAL 
ANNIVERSARY of the INITIATION INTO THE 
FRATERNITY OF FREEMASONS of 

Brother George Washington 

For the USE of THE LODGES UNDER THE JURISDICTION 

of €&e <*BratU> HoDge of #enn£pitoania, f* & 9L 0®. 

Together with EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS of THE 
GRAND LODGE, SHOWING ITS CORDIAL RELATIONS 
WITH THAT ILLUSTRIOUS BROTHER 



A. D. 1902 



L. 5p02 







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A Suggested programme 

FOR THE CELEBRATION of the SESQUI- CENTENNIAL 
ANNIVERSARY of the INITIATION INTO THE 
FRATERNITY OF FREEMASONS of 

Brother George Washington 

For the USE of THE LODGES UNDER THE JURISDICTION 

of €i>e <£rano Eotije of #enn$fptoama, f . & a. $®. 

Together with EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS of THE 
GRAND LODGE, SHOWING ITS CORDIAL RELATIONS 
WITH THAT ILLUSTRIOUS BROTHER 



A. D. 1902 



A. L. 5902 




Brother George Washington was initiated in " The Lodge 
at Fredericksburg," in Virginia, on November 4, a.d. 1752, 
a.l. 5752; and was passed a Fellow Craft, March 3, a.d. 1753, 
A - L - 5753 J an d was raised a Master Mason, August 4, a.d. 
1753, a.l. 5753. 

On St. John the Baptist's Day, June 24, a.d. 1784, a.l. 
5784, he was unanimously elected an honorary member of 
Lodge No. 39, at Alexandria, Virginia, which had been war- 
ranted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania the preceding 
year. 

When Lodge No. 39 surrendered its Pennsylvania war- 
rant, and, in a.d. 1788, a.l. 5788, received a warrant from the 
Grand Lodge of Virginia, as Alexandria (now Alexandria- 
Washington) Lodge, No. 22, he was named as the first Wor- 
shipful Master. 

He was buried with Masonic honors at Mount Vernon, 
December 18, a.d. 1799, a.l. 5799. 



Masonic Temple, 
Philadelphia, Pa., June 23, a.d. 1902, a.l. 5002. 

In accordance with the action of the Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania, at its last Annual Grand Communication, the Com- 
mittee of Twelve suggests the following programme for the 
use of such of the Lodges as desire to celebrate the Sesqui- 
centennial Anniversary of the Initiation of Brother George 
Washington into our Ancient and Honorable Fraternity, 
which occurred November 4, a.d. 1752, a.l. 5752. 

EDGAR A. TENNIS, Grand Master, 

Chairman. 
JAMES M. LAMBERTON, 

Secretary. 

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575 2 — November 4th — 5902. 



CELEBRATION 

OF THE 

SESQUI- CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY 

of the ^Tntttatioa tnto the 
jFratemitp of JFmmasons of 

BROTHER GEORGE WASHINGTON, 

Held under the Auspices of Lodge, No. , F. & A. M., 

In the Masonic Hall, at , Pa., on day, 

November , a.d. 1902, a.l. 5902. 

1. Opening of the Lodge Brother , W. M. 

2. Prayer Brother , Chaplain. 

3. Music — " Old Hundredth" By all the Brethren. 



With one consent let all the earth 
To God their cheerful voices raise; 

Glad homage pay with awful mirth, 
And sing before Him songs of praise. 

For He's the Lord, supremely good, 

His mercy is for ever sure; 
His truth, which always firmly stood, 
To endless ages shall endure. 
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4. Reading from Extracts from the Records of the Grand 

Lodge of Pennsylvania, Showing its Cordial Relations 
with Brother Washington. Brother , Secretary. 

5. Music — (Vocal or Instrumental.) 

6. Address — Washington as a Citizen. . . .Brother 

7. Music — " The President's March" 

By all the Brethren. 

Hail, Columbia, happy land ! 

Hail, ye heroes, heav'n-born bandl 

Who fought and bled in freedom's cause, 

Who fought and bled in freedom's cause, 

And when the storm of war was gone, 

Enjoyed the peace your valor won. 

Let independence be our boast, 

Ever mindful what it cost, 

Ever grateful for the prize, 

Let its altar reach the skies ! 

Firm, united, let us be, 

Rallying round our liberty ; 

As a band of Brothers joined, 

Peace and safety we shall find. 

Sound, sound the trump of fame, 
Let Washington's great name, 
Ring thro' the world with loud applause, 
Ring thro' the world with loud applause, 
Let ev'ry clime to freedom dear, 
Listen with a joyful ear! 
With equal skill, with god-like power, 
He govern'd in the fearful hour 
Of horrid war, or guides with ease 
The happier times of honest peace. 
Firm, united, etc. 

Behold ! the chief who now commands 
Once more to serve his country stands — 
The rock on which the storm will beat, 
The rock on which the storm will beat, 
But arm'd in virtue firm and true, 
His hopes are fixed on Heav'n and you ; 

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When hope was sinking in dismay, 
And glooms obscurd Columbia's day, 
His steady mind, from changes free, 
Resolved on death or liberty. 
Firm, united, etc. 

Joseph Hopkinson, 
Philadelphia, April 25, 1798. 



8. Address — Washington as a Mason. . . .Brother 

9. Music — " America" By all the Brethren. 

Hail, Masonry divine ! 
Glory of ages, shine, 

Long may'st thou reign ; 
Where'er thy Lodges stand, 
May they have great command, 
And always grace the land, 

Thou art divine ! 

Great fabrics still arise, 
And grace the azure skies, 

Great are thy schemes; 
Thy noble orders are 
Matchless beyond compare; 
No art with thee can share. 

Thou art divine ! 

Hiram, the Architect, 
Did all the Craft direct 

How they should build; 
Solomon, great Israel's king, 
Did mighty blessings bring, 
And left us room to sing 

Hail, Royal Art ! 

10. Closing of the Lodge Brother , W. M. 



For one of the addresses, there may be substituted extracts from 
Washington's Farewell Address. A number of suitable vocal selec- 
tions will be found in Sections III-VII of the Ahiman Rezon. 
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If there is a banquet, the following is a suggested order of 

TOASTS. 

i. The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and 
Masonic Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging. 

2. The Memory of Our Deceased Brother George Wash- 

ington. 

3. Freemasonry around the Globe. 

4. The Country of which Washington was the Father. 

5. The Grand Lodge of which Washington was a Member. 

6. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

7. Our Sister Grand Lodges. 

8. Our Honored Guests. 

9. "All Our Friends." (Washington's Favorite Toast.) 
10. The Day We Celebrate. 

"AULD LANG SYNE." 



If a Table Lodge is opened, the regular toasts (the first three given 
above) are proposed by the Master, the Senior Warden, and the Junior 
Warden respectively. 



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EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF 
THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

There is added in the Appendix to the Ahiman Rezon of 1783, 
(which will be referred to later) 



A 

SERMON 

PREACHED IN 

Christ-Church, PHILADELPHIA, 

[For the Benefit of the POOR] 

BY APPOINTMENT OF AND BEFORE 

The General Communication 

OF 

Free and Accepted MASONS 



O F TH E 



State of PENNSYLVANIA, 

On MONDAY, December 28, 1778. 

Celebrated, agreeable to their Constitution, 
as the ANNIVERSARY of 

St. JOHN the Evangelist. 
By WILLIAM SMITH, D. D. 

Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. 
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The Dedication of the sermon is as follows 



TO HIS EXCELLENCY 
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ. 

GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF 
OF THE 

Armies of the United States 

OF 

N O RTH-A MERICA; 

the friend 

Of his Country and Mankind, 

ambitious of no higher title, 

IF HIGHER WAS POSSIBLE; 

THE FOLLOWING SERMON, 

Honored with his Presence when delivered, 

IS DEDI C ATE D, 

IN TESTIMONY 

OF THE 

Sincerest Brotherly Affection 

AND 

ESTEEM OF HIS MERIT. 

BY ORDER OF THE BRETHREN, 

JOHN COATS, G. S. pro. Tern. 

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The text was from I Peter ii. 16: "As Free and not using 
your Liberty as a Cloak of Maliciousness; but as the Ser- 
vants of God." 



The following paragraph is of interest : 

" Such, to name no more, was the Character of a Cincin- 
natus in ancient Times ; rising ' awful from the Plough' to 
save his Country; and, his Country saved, returning to the 
Plough again, with increased Dignity and Lustre. Such too, 
if we divine aright, will future Ages pronounce to have been 
the Character f a ********* * but you all antici- 
pate me in Name, which delicacy forbids me, on this Oc- 
casion, to mention. Honoured with his Presence as a Brother, 
you will seek to derive Virtue from his Example; and never 
let it be said, that any Principles you profess can render you 
deaf to the Calls of your Country ; but, on the contrary, have 
animated you with intrepidity in the Hour of Danger, and 
Humanity in the Moments of Triumph." 

The following are the closing words : 

" But I will detain you no longer, Brethren ! — You all pant 
to have a Foretaste of the Joy of Angels, by calling forth into 
immediate Exercise this heavenly Virtue of Charity ; whereby 
you will give Glory * to the THRICE BLESSED THREE, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God over all !" 

" * At the Word ' Glory/ the Brethren rose together ; 
and, in reverential Posture, on pronouncing the Names of the 
TRI-UNE GOD, accompanied the same by a correspondent 
Repitition of the Ancient Sign or Symbol of Divine Homage 
and Obeisance; concluding with the following Response — 
' Amen ! So let it ever be !' " 



On the next page we find: 

"The following Short ACCOUNT of the Procession of 
the Brethren to and from Church, &c, is recorded here by 
Desire. 
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"At Nine o'Clock, a.m. near Three Hundred of the Body 
assembled at the College [on Fourth Street below Arch 
Street] ; where being properly cloathed — the Officers in the 
Jewels of their Lodges, and other Badges of their Dignity — 
the Procession began at Eleven o'Clock, viz: 

i. The S word-Bearer. 

2. Two Deacons, bearing Wands, tipt with Gold. 

3. The Three Orders, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian; borne 

by Three Brethren. 

4. The Holy Bible and Book of Constitutions, on Crim- 

son Velvet Cushions; borne by the Grand Treasurer 
and Grand Secretary. 

5. A reverend Brother. 

6. Four Deacons, bearing Wands. 

7. His Excellency, our illustrious Brother George Wash- 

ington, Esq; supported by the Grand Master and 
his Deputy. 

8. The Two Grand Wardens, bearing the proper Pillars. 

9. The past Masters of different Lodges. 

10. The present Masters of Ditto. 

11. The Senior Wardens, 

12. The Junior Wardens, 

13. The Secretaries, 

14. The Treasurers, 

15. Brother Proctor's Band of Music. 

16. Visiting Brethren: And 

17. Members of different Lodges; Two and Two, accord- 

ing to Seniority. 

"The Procession entered the Church in the Order of 
March; and being seated in the Middle Isle, Prayers were 
read by the Reverend Mr. White [afterwards the First Bishop 
of Pennsylvania] ; and the following Anthem sung in its 
proper place by sundry of the Brethren, accompanied with the 
Organ and other Instrumental Music; viz: 

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> Of different private Lodges. 



" A Grand Symphony. 

CHORUS. Behold how good and joyful a Thing it is, 
Brethren to dwell together in Unity. 

SOLO. I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord! with my 
whole Heart. Secretly among the Brethren and in the Con- 
gregation will I Praise Thee! I will speak the marvellous 
Works of thy Hands; the Sun, the Moon and the Stars, 
which thou hast ordained. 

SOLO. The People that walked in Darkness have seen 
a great Light; and on them that dwelt in the Land of 
the Shadow of Death, doth the glorious Light of Jehovah 
shine. 

SOLO. Thou hast gathered Us from the East, and from 
the West, and from the North, and from the South — Thou 
hast made us Companions for the Mighty upon Earth — even 
for Princes of great Nations. 

TRIO. O ! I AM ! Inspire us with Wisdom and Strength 
to support us in all our Troubles, that we may Worship Thee 
in the Beauty of Holiness ! 



" After Sermon, near Four Hundred Pounds were col- 
lected for the Relief of the Poor. The Brethren then re- 
turned to the College in the same Order as above described; 
from thence they departed to their several Lodges, and spent 
the remainder of the Day with their usual good Harmony 
and Sociability." 



Bound up with the Ahiman Rezon of 1783, is a collection 
of fourteen " Masons Songs" and two odes, the first of the 
latter being entitled "An ODE on Masonry. By Brother 
Lieutenant Colonel John Park, A. M. P. M., Addressed to 
Brother Colonel Proctor, K.T.," which is dated February 7, 
1779, and has for its motto the following quotation from 
Horace: "Ah ipso Ducit opes, animumque ferro," and begins 
as follows: 

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"FULL CHORUS. 

Hail! ccelestial Masonry, 

Craft that makes us wise and free ! 

Heav'n-born cherub ! bring along 

The tuneful band, the patriot song ; 

See Washington, he leads the train, 

Tis he. commands the grateful strain ; 

See ev'ry crafted son obeys, 

And to the god-like brother homage pays. 

SONG. 

Then give to merit what is due, 

And twine the mystic bays; 
In joyful strains his deeds renew, 

And sing the hero's praise. 

RECITATIVE. 

While time brings mortal honours to decay, 
'Tis freedom gives, what time can't steal away. 

SONG. 

Unbend his brow from martial care, 

And give the patriot rest; 
Who nobly brav'd the storms of war, 

To make his country blest. 

RECITATIVE. 

Wake from the tomb the souls of martyrs free, 
To view the hemisphere of liberty, 
Let them with ravish'd eyes look down upon 
The glorious work perform'd by Washington. 

SONG. 

Then brethren to my lays attend, 
And hail our father and our friend ; 
Let fame resound him thro' the land, 
And echo "'Tis our Master Grand." 

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RECITATIVE. 

Begin, ye sons of Solomon, 
Prepare the wreath for Washington. 
'Tis he our ancient craft shall sway, 
Whilst we with three times three obey. 



AIR. 
II. 

Let patriot fire strain ev'ry nerve, 
For Washington upon you smiles; 

With him 'tis more than fame to serve, 
'Tis fame with him to share his toils. 

The full chorus is repeated. The old form of the letter " s" 
is used throughout the Ahiman Rezon of 1783. 

Minutes of 13th of Jany, 5780. Reprint of the Minutes of 
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Vol. I, p. 19. 

" Grand Lodge of Emergency opened in due form at 7 
o'cl'k, P.M. 

" This Lodge being called by Order of the Grand Master, 
upon the Request of Sundry Brethren, and also in pursuance 
of a Motion made at the last General Communication, to con- 
sider the Propriety as well as the necessity of appointing a 
Grand Master over all the Grand Lodges formed or to be 
formed in these United States, as the Correspondence which 
the Rules of Masonry require cannot now be carried on with 
the Grand Lodge of London, under whose Jurisdiction the 
Grand Lodges in these States were originally constituted; 
The Ballot was put upon the Question : Whether it be for the 
Benefit of Masonry that ' a Grand Master of Masons thro'out 
the United States' shall be now nominated on the part of this 
Grand Lodge; and it was unanimously determined in the af- 
firmative. 

" Sundry respectable Brethren being then put in nomina- 
tion, it was moved that the Ballot be put for them separately, 
and His Excellency George Washington, Esquire, General 
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and Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States 
being first in nomination, he was ballotted for accordingly as 
Grand Master, and Elected by the unanimous vote of the whole 
Lodge. 

" Ordered, That the minutes of this Election and appoint- 
ment be transmitted to the different Grand Lodges in the 
United States, and their Concurrence therein be requested, 
in Order that application be made to his Excellency in due 
form, praying that he will do the Brethren and Craft the honor 
of accepting their appointment. A Committee was appointed 
to expedite the Business. 

" Resolv'd, That the Masters of the four Lodges, together 
with the Grand Secretary, be a Committee to inform them- 
selves of the number of Grand Lodges in America and the 
Names of their Officers, and to prepare the Circular Letters 
to be sent them as directed above, with all Expedition." 

Minutes of Octr. 16th, 1780. Reprint, Vol. I, pp. 29-31. 

" Grand Lodge in due form. 

" The Grand Secretary communicated copy of a letter 
written by him to the Right Worshipful Joseph Webb, Esq., 
Grand Master of Masons in the Massachusetts State, together 
with Br. Webb's answer, both of which are as follows : 

Philada., Augst 19th, 1780. 
"SIR: 

I do myself the Honor to address you, by Order of The 
Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons, regularly constituted 
in the City of Philadelphia. This Grand Lodge has under 
its Jurisdiction in Pennsylvania and the States adjacent, 
Thirty-one different regular Lodges, containing in the whole 
more than One Thousand Brethren. 

Enclosed you have a printed abstract of some of our late 
proceedings, and by that of January 13th last, you will observe 
that we have, so far as depends on us, done that Honor which 
we think due to our illustrious Brother, General Washington, 
viz., electing him Grand Master over all the Grand Lodges 
form'd or to be form'd in these United States, not doubting the 
concurrence of all the Grand Lodges in America to make this 
Election effectual. 

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We have been inform'd by Col. Palfrey that there is a 
Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons in the State of Massa- 
chusetts, and that you are the Grand Master thereof. As 
such, I am, therefore, to request that you will lay our pro- 
ceedings before your Grand Lodge, and request their con- 
current Voice in the appointment of General Washington, as 
set forth in the said Minute of January the 13th, which, as 
far as we have been able to learn, is a Measure highly ap- 
proved by all the Bretheren, and what will do honor to the 
Craft." 

Boston, Septr. 4th, 1780. 
"SIR: 

Your agreeable Favor of the 19th ult, I duly received the 
31st, covering a printed abstract of the proceedings of your 
Grand Lodge. ************** 

I am well assured that no one can have Objections to so 
illustrious a person as Genl. Washington to preside as G. M. 
of the United States, but at the same time it will be necessary 
to know from you his Prerogative as such; whether he is to 
appoint Sub-grand or Provincial Grand Masters of each State ; 
if so, I am confident that the Grand Lodge of this State will 
never give up their Right of electing their own Grand Mas- 
ters and other Officers annually. ******** 
Inclosed I send you a List of the Officers of our Grand 
Lodge, and have the honor to be, with great respect and 
esteem, Yr. aff. Br. and humb. serv., 

JOSEPH WEBB, 

G. M." 



" The Grand Secretary and Br. Palfrey are appointed a 
Committee to prepare an Answer to the above Letter from the 
Grand Master of Massachusetts, and lay the same before this 
Lodge to-morrow Evening, to which time this Lodge is ad- 
journed." 

Note. The letter in reply to the Grand Master of Massa- 
chusetts is given on pages 32-34 of Volume I of the Reprint ; 
and an extract from the reply of that Grand Master is on page 
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40. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts decided that no de- 
termination of the matter could be made " until a general 
peace shall happily take place thro' the Continent," and so the 
project fell through. 

Although the project has been renewed a number of times 
since, our Grand Lodge has uniformly refused to approve it. 

Minutes of Nov. 22, 1781. Reprint, Vol. I, pp. 43-44. 

" Grand Lodge of Emergency. 

" The Grand Secretary open'd the Business of the evening 
by informing that the Lodge was call'd together in Order to 
give their Sanction to the new Book of Constitutions, as or- 
der'd to be revised and published for the benefit of the Breth- 
ren in America, — Whereupon the Manuscript was order'd to 
be read. 

" The Book of Constitutions being read, the same was unani- 
mously approved of and Order'd to be printed. 

" Resolv'd, That the Mason's Arms be engraved as a frontis- 
piece for the book, and in case our beloved and Illustrious 
Brother General Washington permit it to be dedicated to him, 
that his Excellency's Arms be engraved and prefixed to the 
Dedication." 

The Dedication is as follows: 



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TO HIS EXCELLENCY 



GEORGE WASHINGTON, Es 2 . 

GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF 
OF THE 

Armies of the United States 
of 

AMERICA: 

I"N Teftimony, as well of his exalted Ser- 
vices to his Country, as of that noble 
Philanthropy which diftinguifhes Him 
among Masons, the following Consti- 
tutions of the moft ancient and honorable 
Fraternity of Free and Accepted Mafons, by 
Order and in Behalf of the Grand Lodge 
of Pennsylvania, &c. is dedicated, 

By his Excellency s 

Moft humble Servant, 

And faithful Brother, 

William Smith, G. Secretary. 

June 24, 1782. 



Note. Washington's arms are not given. The 
book was not issued from the press until 1783. 
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Note. On St. John the Baptist's Day, June 24, 1784, Wash- 
ington, "by the unanimous consent of the Brethren," was 
elected an honorary member of Lodge No. 39, at Alexandria, 
Virginia, which had been warranted by the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania on February 3, 1783; the Lodge is now No. 22 
on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, and bears the 
name "Alexandria-Washington Lodge." 

Minutes of Feby. 3, 1786. Reprint, Vol. I, p. 88. 

" Extra Grand Lodge. 

" Translations of two letters from a Lodge held at Cape 
Francois, written in French, and directed to General Washing- 
ton as Grand Master of all America, soliciting a Charter, were 
laid before this Lodge and read, and the same being taken 
into consideration, resolved, that a Warrant be granted 
in the names of Jno. L. Galbert Barron, Master; John B. 
Gauthrow, S. W., and Ant. Pailliez, J. W. ; and the Secretary 
was directed to make out the Warrant, and ordered that a 
Dispensation be sent to John Ant. Marialbert." 

Note. These letters " were laid before this Grand Lodge by 
a Mr. [* * * *] whose conduct has been during his continu- 
ance with us, very unbecoming a Gentleman and Brother." 
See Vol. I, p. 89. 

Minutes of June 18, 1787. Reprint, Vol. I, p. 108. 

" Grand Lodge, quarterly Comn. 

"On Motion and Seconded, Ordered, that the R. W. G. 
Master and D. G. M. present to his excellency Gen. Washing- 
ton the present Book of Constitution." 

Note. The Convention which framed the present Consti- 
tution of the United States, began its sessions in this city 
in May, 1787, and adjourned Sept. 17, the same year. 

Washington was unanimously elected its president. 

Minutes of Dec. 27, 1791, Vol. I, p. 179. 

" Grand Lodge. 

" On motion and Seconded, the Revd. Bro. Dr. Smith and 
the R. W. Grand Officers, were appointed a Committee to 

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prepare an address to our Illustrious Bro. George Washing- 
ton, President of the United States; and this Lodge was 
adjourned to the second Day of January next to receive the 
report of said Committee." 



Minutes of January 2, 1792. Reprint, Vol. I, p. 180. 

" Grand Lodge, By Adjournment. 

" A Grand Lodge was opened in ample form, and the Min- 
utes of St. John's Day being read as far as relates to the 
appointment of a Committee to prepare an Address to our il- 
lustrious Bro. George Washington, The Revd. Bro. Dr. Wm. 
Smith, one of the said Committee, presented the Draft of one 
which was read, Whereupon, on Motion and Seconded, the 
same was unanimously approved of, and Resolved, That the 
Rt. Wl. Grand Master, Depy. G. Master, and Grand Officers, 
with the Revd. Bro. Smith, be a Committee to present the 
said Address in behalf of this Rt. Wl. Grand Lodge, signed 
by the Right Worshipful Grand Master, and Countersigned 
by the Grand Secretary." 



Minutes of March 5, 1792. Reprint, Vol. I, p. 180. 

" Grand Lodge, Quarterly Communication. * * * * 
"The Rt. Wl. Grand Master informed the Brethren that, 
in conformity to the Resolve of this Grand Lodge, he had, in 
company with the Gd. Officers and the Revd. Bro. Dr. Smith, 
presented the Address to our Illustrious Bro. George Wash- 
ington and had received an answer, which was read, 

" Whereupon, on Motion and Seconded, Resolved, unani- 
mously, That the said Address and the answer thereto, shall 
be entered on the Minutes. 



To His Excellency George Washington, President of 
the United States. 

Sir and Brother: 

The Ancient York Masons of the Jurisdiction of Pennsyl- 
vania, for the first time assembled in General Communication 
to celebrate the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, since your 
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Election to the Chair of Government in the United States, 
beg leave to approach you with Congratulations from the East, 
and in the pride of Fraternal affection to hail you as the Great 
Master Builder (under the Supreme Architect) by whose La- 
bours the Temple of Liberty hath been reared in the West, 
exhibiting to the Nations of the Earth a Model of Beauty, 
Order and Harmony worthy of their imitation and Praise. 

Your knowledge of the Origin and Objects of our Institu- 
tion; its Tendency to promote the Social Affections and har- 
monize the Heart, give us a sure pledge that this tribute of 
our Veneration, this Effusion of our Love will not be ungrate- 
ful to you ; nor will Heaven reject our Prayer that you may be 
long continued to adorn the bright List of Master workmen 
which our Fraternity produces in the Terrestrial Lodge; and 
that you may be late removed to that Celestial Lodge where 
Love and Harmony reign transcendent and Divine ; where the 
Great Architect more immediately presides, and where Cheru- 
bim and Seraphim wafting our Congratulations from Earth to 
Heaven shall hail you Brother. 

By order and in behalf of the Grand Lodge of 
[seal] Pennsylvania in General Communication as- 

sembled in ample form. 

(Signed) J. B. SMITH, G. M. 

Attest: P. LE BARBIER DUPLESSIS, Gd. Secry. 



To the Ancient York Masons of the Jurisdiction of 
Pennsylvania. 

Gentlemen and Brothers: 

I received your kind Congratulations with the purest Sen- 
sations of fraternal affection, and from a Heart deeply im- 
pressed with your generous wishes for my present and future 
Happiness I beg you to accept of my thanks. 

At the same time I request you will be assured of my 
best wishes and earnest prayers for your Happiness while 
you remain in this terrestrial Mansion, and that we may here- 
after meet as brethren in the Eternal Temple of the Supreme 
Architect. 

(Signed) G. WASHINGTON." 

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Minutes of Dec. 27, 1793. Reprint, Vol. I, p. 206. 

" Grand Lodge. 

" Resolved, that Brother Proctor and Poor be requested 
to wait on His Excellency, Bro. George Washington, with the 
compliments of the Day, and respectful Thanks of the Grand 
Lodge for his generous donation to the poor." 

Minutes of December 5, 5796. Reprint, Vol. I, p. 261. 

" Grand Lodge, Quarterly Communication. 

" On motion and seconded, that a Committee be appointed 
to frame an Address to be presented on the ensuing Feast of 
St. John, Decemr. 27th, to the Great Master Workman, our 
Illustrious Br. Washington, on the occasion of his intended re- 
tirement from Public Labor, to be also laid before the said 
Grand Lodge on St. John's Day, and the Rt. W. Grand Mas- 
ter, Deputy G. M., Brs. Sadler, Milnor and Williams, were 
accordingly appointed." 

Minutes of December 27, 5796. Reprint, Vol. I, pp. 262-263. 

" Grand Lodge. 

" The Committee appointed to prepare an Address to our 
Brother George Washington, President of the United States, 
presented an Address by them drawn up, which was ordered 
to be read, and was in the words following, to wit: 

' To George Washington, President of the United States. 
' The Address of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Most 
' Respected Sir and Brother : Having announced your Inten- 
' tion to retire from Public Labor to that Refreshment to which 
' your pre-eminent Services for near Half a Century have so 
' justly entitled you, Permit the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 
' at this last Feast of our Evangelic Master St. John, on which 
' we can hope for an immediate Communication with you, to 
' join the grateful Voice of our Country in acknowledging that 
' you have carried forth the Principles of the Lodge into every 
' Walk of your Life by your constant Labors for the prosperity 
' of that Country, by your unremitting Endeavors to promote 
' Order, Union and Brotherly Affection amongst us, and lastly 
' by the Vows of your Farewell Address to your Brethren and 

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' Fellow Citizens ; an Address which We trust our Children 
' and our Children's Children will ever look upon as a most in- 
' valuable Legacy from a Friend, a Benefactor and a Father. 
' To these our grateful Acknowledgments (leaving to the im- 
' partial Pen in History to Record the important Events in 
' which you have borne so illustrious a part) permit us to add 
'our most fervent prayers, that after enjoying to the utmost 
' Span of Human Life every Felicity which the Terrestrial 
' Lodge can afford, you may be received by the Great Master 
' Builder of this World and of Worlds unnumbered into the 
' ample Felicity of that Celestial Lodge in which alone distin- 
' guished Virtues and distinguished Labors can be eternally 
' rewarded.' 

" It was then Moved and Seconded, that the same be 
adopted. Upon the question being taken it appeared that it 
was approved of. On Motion and seconded, it was agreed 
that a Committee be appointed to wait on Brother Washing- 
ton to acquaint him that it is the intention of this Grand 
Lodge to present an Address to him, and to know what Time 
he shall be pleased to appoint to receive it. The Committee 
appointed to perform this Duty were Brothers William Smith, 
Peter Le Barbier Duplessis and Thomas Proctor, who, after 
having waited on him, Reported that he had appointed to- 
morrow at 12 o'clock to receive it. Said Committee, to wit: 
Brothers W. Smith, Duplessis and Proctor, together with the 
R. W. G. M., D. G. M., Senior and Junior Wardens, Grand 
Secretary and Masters of the Different Lodges in the City, 
were then appointed a Deputation to present the said Ad- 
dress." 

Minutes of January 2, 5797. Reprint, Vol. I, pp. 266-267. 

" Adjourned Lodge, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania." 
" The Deputation appointed on St. John's Day to present 
the Address on that Day agreed to, to Our Brother George 
Washington, Reported, That they had waited on him and 
presented him the said Address, and that he had returned 
them an answer, which is in the words following : ' Fellow- 
' Citizens and Brothers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania : 
' I have received your address with all the feelings of Brotherly 
' Affection mingled with those Sentiments for the Society which 
1 it was calculated to excite. To have been, in any Degree, an 

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' instrument in the Hands of Providence to promote Order and 
' Union, and erect upon a Solid foundation the true principles of 
' Government, is only to have Shared with many others in a 
' labour, the result of which, let us hope, will prove through all 
' Ages a Sanctuary for Brothers, and a Lodge for the Virtues. 
' Permit me to reciprocate your Prayers for my Temporal Hap- 
' piness, and to Supplicate that we may all meet hereafter in that 
' eternal Temple whose builder is the great Architect of the Uni- 



The proceedings of the Grand Lodge, in connection with 
the death of Washington, will be found in Volume I of the 
Reprint of the Minutes, at pages 376, 379, 385, 397 and 402. 

The gift to the Grand Lodge of Washington's Masonic 
apron, which was worked by Madame Lafayette, is recorded in 
Volume VI of the Reprint, page 58. 

A reference to a proposed statue and to a Masonic monu- 
ment will be found in Volume II, page 469, and Volume V, 
pages 275 and 337. 

Other references will be found in Volume V, page 352, and 
Volume VI, pages 83 and 483. 

The gift of the portrait in the Grand Lodge Room, at the 
right of the Grand Master's station is recorded in Volume VI, 
pages 112 and 121. 

References to the portrait temporarily in the Grand Lodge 
Room, back of the Grand Master's station, will be found in the 
Proceedings of 1885, page 12, and of 1899, page 17. 

At the Quarterly Communication held December 2, 1850, 
an appropriation of $500 was made to procure a block of 
Pennsylvania marble, to be used in the erection of the Washing- 
ton National Monument, at Washington, D. C. 

At the Quarterly Communication held June 7, 1852, the 
following letter was read : 

" Washington National Monument Office, 
May 29, 1852. 
" Dr. Anthony Bournonville, 

Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Masons. 
Dear Sir: 

Your letter of the 22d inst. addressed to his Excellency 
Millard Fillmore, President ex officio of the Washington 
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National Monument Society, together with one bearing date 
the 5th December last, from a Committee of the Grand Ma- 
sonic Lodge of Pennsylvania was duly received by the Presi- 
dent. 

I am requested by the President and Board of Managers 
to communicate to you that the splendid block of marble thus 
handsomely presented has been received and will be assigned 
a position in the Grand National edifice becoming the stand- 
ard of your ancient and noble order. I am also desired to 
present to you, and through you to the officers and members 
of said Grand Lodge, the sincere thanks of the Officers and 
Managers of the Monument Association for the magnificent 
memorial so worthy of representing the Masonic Grand Lodge 
of Pennsylvania in the National Monument to Washington, 
as an evidence of their regard and admiration and fraternal 
love for him who is justly designated as the Father and Bene- 
factor of his country and the human race. 

Most sincerely and respectfully yours, 

ELISHA WHITTLESEY, 

Gen. Agent." 

Note. — This stone, appropriately carved, is inserted in the monument 
at the landing, 180 feet from the ground. 

Minutes of Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Annual Grand 
Communication, December 27, a.d. 1901, a.l. 5901. Proceed- 
ings of 1901, pp. 150-151. 

" Brother JAMES M. LAMBERTON offered the following 
preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : 

WHEREAS November fourth, a.d. 1902, a.l. 5902, will 
be the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the initiation 
of GEORGE WASHINGTON into the Most Ancient and 
Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons ; 

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (whose 
records show cordial and fraternal relations with our illus- 
trious Brother WASHINGTON, the foremost American citi- 
zen, and the first President of the United States), do celebrate 
said Anniversary with suitable ceremonies in the Masonic Tem- 
ple, in the City of Philadelphia, and recommend similar cele- 
brations by the Lodges throughout the Jurisdiction. 

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Resolved, That a Committee of Twelve, consisting of the 
Grand Officers and six other Brethren, be appointed to pre- 
pare a programme, and take charge of such celebration by 
the Grand Lodge, and suggest a programme for the use of 
such Lodges as may desire to have a similar celebration, 
which must be held within the tiled Lodge-room, banquet ex- 
cepted. 

Resolved, That a Committee of Three, the Grand Master 
being one, be appointed to invite the presence in Grand Lodge, 
on that Anniversary, of the President of the United States, 
Brother THEODORE ROOSEVELT, and of the Governor 
of Pennsylvania, Brother WILLIAM A. STONE. 

The Right Worshipful Grand Master, Brother EDGAR A. 
TENNIS, appointed as the Committee of Twelve the follow- 
ing: 

Brother EDGAR A. TENNIS, R. W. Grand Master; 

" JAMES W. BROWN, R. W. Deputy Grand Master; 
GEORGE W. KENDRICK, Jr., R. W. Senior Grand 

Warden ; 
GEORGE B. ORLADY, R. W. Junior Grand War- 
den; 
THOMAS R. PATTON, R. W. Grand Treasurer; 
WILLIAM A. SINN, R. W. Grand Secretary; 
CONRAD B. DAY, R. W. Past Grand Master; 
WILLIAM J. KELLY, R. W. Past Grand Master; 
GEORGE E. WAGNER, R. W. Past Grand Master; 
" JAMES M. LAMBERTON; 

GEORGE D. MOORE; 
" WILLIAM J. DIEHL; 

and on the Committee of Three to invite the President of the 
United States and the Governor of Pennsylvania, Right Wor- 
shipful Past Grand Master Brother WILLIAM J. KELLY 
and Brother JAMES M. LAMBERTON." 



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TOasbtnGton Seequi^centenntal anniversary 



Eighteen thousand five hundred copies of the sou- 
venir apron were asked for and provided. A repro- 
duction of the Washington-Lafayette apron will be 
found on the back of the programme, which is given 
at page 60. A reproduction on satin of the apron 
was sent to each Lodge in Pennsylvania, with the fol- 
lowing letter : 



40 



Untrofcuctton 



Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M. 

CELEBRATION OP THE SESQUI-C3E*TENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF 

Washington's Initiation as a Freemason, 

TO BE HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 
FIFTH, A. D. lOOS, A. L. BOOC. 

Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 
October 83rd, A. D. 1903, A. L. 5903. 

To the forshipful Master, Officers 
and Brethren of Lodge No. 
Dear Sirs and Brethren: 

Herewith, is sent to your Lodge, a 
reproduction on satin of the Masonic apron 
which Madame de Lafayette worked on white 
satin with colored silks, and which her 
husband, Brother the Marquis de Lafayette, 
presented to Washington, when he visited 
Mount Vernon, in August, 1784 

After Washington's death, this apron was 
presented by his legatees, in 1816, to the 
Washington Benevolent Society, of Philadel- 
phia, and, when that Society dissolved in 
1839, it was presented to the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania. From the original apron, 
which is carefully preserved in the Library 
of the Grand Lodge, the Committee of Arrange- 
ments have had the reproduction made; in 
order to preserve it, it might \>e well to 
have it suitably framed. 

Por the Committee, 




Grand Master, Chairman.. 
James M. Lamberton, 

Secretary. 

41 



HdaebiriGton Seequi^centenntal anniversary 



Invitations were sent to the Grand Masters, Deputy 
Grand Masters, Grand Secretaries, and Chairmen of 
the Committees on Correspondence of all the Grand 
Lodges with which the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 
holds fraternal relations ; to the Grand Wardens, the 
Grand Treasurers, and two Past Grand Masters of those 
Jurisdictions which border on Pennsylvania ; to the 
Master, Wardens, Treasurer, and Secretary of Alexan- 
dria-Washington Lodge, No. 22, Virginia, once No. 39 
on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania ; to 
the Officers, Trustees, and Committees of the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania ; to a number of distinguished 
Brethren ; and to one specially selected representative 
of each Lodge in this Jurisdiction. 

Under date of September the eighteenth, the follow- 
ing letter was sent to all the Lodges in Pennsylvania : 



42 



Introduction 



GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, F. & A. M. 

Celebration of the Se^ui-centennial anniversary of Washington's Initiation as a Freemason. 

to be held at philadelphia, on wednesday, november the fifth, 

A. D. 1902, A. L. 5902. 

tUSORIC TEMPIE, FHIUOELPHIA, 

SEPTEMBER IB, ». 0. 1902, t. t. 5J02. 

To the Worshipful Master, Officers and Brethren of Lodge No- : 
Dear Sirs and Brethren: 

The Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary of the Initiation 
of Brother George Washington into our Ancient and Honorable Fra- 
ternity, (which occurred on November the fourth, A. D. 1752, A. L. 
5752,) will be celebrated by the Grand' Lodge of Pennsylvania, on 
November the Fifth, next. 

The Grand Lodge will be opened in Corinthian Hall, in the 
Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, at twelve o'clock, noon. The Grand 
Master of Pennsylvania will make an address of welcome, to which 
the Grand Master of Massachusetts will reply. 

Brother Theodore Roosevelt, of Matinecock Lodge, No. 806, 
Oyster Bay, N. Y., expects to be present, and will make an address. 
Addresses on "Washington as a Mason", and "Washington as a Citi- 
zen", will be made by two of the Brethren; and greetings will be 
received from the visiting Grand Masters. 

It is a matter of great regret that it i3 physically impossible 
for all members of Grand Lodge to be admitted to Corinthian Hall 
at this celebration, and it will be possible to accommodate cnly 
the Officers, Trustees, Committees, and Guests of Grand Lodge, and 
one Brother from each of the Lodges in the Jurisdiction. 

It ,is the great desire of the Committee to whom the charge of 
the celebration was entrusted by Grand Lodge, that your Lodge 
should be represented, on so very interesting an occasion, by some 
member of the Lodge, WHO IS A MEMBER OF GRAND LODGE. 

Your Lodge is requested to select such a Brother, and send his 
name to the Secretary of the Committee of Arrangements, Masonic 
Temple, Philadelphia, not later than the day after your stated 
meeting in October, so that an invitation and a card of admission 
(WITHOUT WHICH NO BROTHER WILL BE ADMITTED TO TEMPLE ON NOVEMBER 
THE FIFTH, ) may be sent to him 

The R. W, Grand Master hereby directs that your Secretary, in 
sending out the notices of your next stated meeting, shall notify 
the members that such representative will be selected at that 
meeting. Should your Lodge decide not to send a representative, 
notice of such action must be immediately forwarded to this office. 

For the Committee, 




Grand Master, Chairman 
James M. Lamberton, 

Secretary. 



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Washington Sesqui^centennial anniversary 



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Banks & Biddle Company, of Philadelphia, and the 
letter accompanying it, were as follows : 



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Introduction 



Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M. 

CELBBBATION OF THE 8B8QUI-CENTKNNIAL ANNI VEBSAHr OF 

Washington's Initiation as a Freemason, 

TO BR HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, ON WEDNESDAY", NOVEMBER THE 
FIFTH, A.D. 1909, A.I,. 590J. 



The Grand Lodge will be opened in Corinthian Hall, in the Masonic 
Temple, corner of Broad and Filbert Streets, at twelve o'clock, noon. 

Brother Edgar A. Tennis, R. W. Grand Master of Pennsylvania, will 
make an address of welcome, to which Brother Charles T. Gallagher, 
M. W. Grand Master of Massachusetts, will reply. 

Brother Theodore Roosevelt, of Matinecock Lodge, No. 806, Oyster Bay, 
N. Y., will make an address; and Brother Stewart L. Woodford, Past Mas- 
ter of Continental Lodge, No. 287, New York, will deliver an oration on 
" Washington as a Citizen," and Brother James M. Lamberton, Past Master 
of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, Harrisburg, Pa., one on " Washington as a 
Freemason." 

Greetings will be received from the visiting M. W. Grand Masters. 

A banquet will be served in the Banqueting Hall at four o'clock, p.m., 
and a Table Lodge will be opened. 

Your prompt acceptance, NOT LATER THAN OCTOBER 20th, addressed 
to Brother Edgar A. Tennis, R. W. Grand Master of Masons, Masonic 
Temple, Philadelphia, is requested; and a Card of Admission, WITHOUT 
WHICH NO BROTHER WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE TEMPLE ON 
NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, will be sent to you. 



Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 

October 4th, A.D. 1902, A.L. 5902. 



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The card of admission to the Temple (being differ- 
ent in color according to the place designated, — i.e, 
the Grand Master's office, Renaissance, Egyptian, or 
Corinthian Hall, — to which the Brother was to go, 
and the wearing of appropriate jewel and apron being 
required of the Brethren of this Jurisdiction), and the 
accompanying letter to guests and the specially selected 
representatives of the Lodges (the directions corre- 
sponding with those on the card) , were as follows : 



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THE PRESIDENT'S CARD OF ADMISSION 



llntrofcmction 



Ghand Lodge of Pennsylvania. P. & A. M. 

celebration of the sesqui-centennial anniversary of 

Washington's Initiation as a Freemason. 

to be held at philadelphia, on wednesday. november the 
fd7th, a. d. 190s, a. l. 5908. 



Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 
October, A. D. 1902, A. L. 5902, 



Dear Sir and Brother. 

I have the pleasure of enclosing a card 
(without which, admission may not be obtained) 
to the Masonic Temple, corner of Broad and 
Filbert Streets, for Wednesday, November the 
fifth. 

Please present it at the Broad Street 
entrance, and, after being properly vouched 
for, proceed to the Grand Master's office on 
the left. 

No Brother will be admitted after 11.30 
o'clock, A. M. 

Masonic dress (black clothes, black necktie 
and white gloves) and appropriate Jewel and 
apron, will be expected. 

I enclose also a card of admission to the 
banquet . 

If, for any reason, it becomes necessary 
for you to withdraw your acceptance, please 
notify me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

To avoid mistakes, kindly acknowledge the 
reoeipt of this letter and it3 enclosures. 

A committee will be at the Masonic Temple, 
Tuesday evening, November the fourth, from 
7 to 10 o'clock, and on Wednesday morning, 
from 9 to 11 o'clock, for the purpose of 
examining Brethren not vouched for. 

The R. W. Grand Master will be "pleased to 
see you at the Temple on Tuesday evening. 
Fraternally yours, 

Enclosures. (/ Secretary. 

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TCiaebtnatcm Sesqut^centenntal anniversary 

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M. 

CELEBKATIOS OF THE SESQ.TJI-CENTKNNIAI, ANSI VEKSAJKY OF 

Washington's Initiation as a Freemason, 

to be held at philadelphia, on wednesday, november the 
fifth, a.d. 1902, a.l. 5902. 

The Grand Lodge will be opened in Corinthian Hall, in the Masonic 
Temple, corner of Broad and Filbert Streets, at twelve o'clock, noon. 

Brother Edgar A. Tennis, R. W. Grand Master of Pennsylvania, will make 
an address of welcome, to which Brother Charles T. Gallagher, M. W. 
Grand Master of Massachusetts, will reply. 

Brother Theodore Roosevelt, of Matinecock Lodge, No. 806, Oyster Bay, 
N. Y., will make an address; and Brother Stewart L. Woodford, Past Mas- 
ter of Continental Lodge, No. 287, New York, will deliver an oration on 
" Washington as a Citizen," and Brother James M. Lamberton, Past Master 
of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, Harrisburg, Pa., one on " Washington as a 
Freemason." 

Greetings will be received from the visiting M. W. Grand Masters. 

A card, without which admission may not be obtained to the Masonic 
Temple, on Wednesday, November 5th, is herewith enclosed. Present it at 
the Filbert Street entrance, and, after being properly vouched for, go 
by the South Corridor to the elevators and stairs, and up to the Corin- 
thian Hall, in front on the right. 

Masonic dress (black clothes, black necktie, and white gloves), and 
appropriate jewel (suspended by a blue ribbon to be worn on the left 
lapel of the coat), will be required. no brother will be admitted to the 
Temple after 11.30 a.m., or without card. 

A Card of Admission to Banquet also is enclosed. 

If, for any reason, it becomes necessary for you to withdraw your 
acceptance, please NOTIFY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE the Secretary of the 
Committee, Brother James M. Lamberton, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. 
A Committee will be at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday Evening from 
7 to 10 o'clock, and on Wednesday morning, from 9 to 11 o'clock, for the 
purpose of examining brethren not vouched for. 

The District Deputy Grand Masters will be near the entrance to 
vouch for brethren. 

Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 

October, A.D. 1902, A.L. 5902. 

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The arrangement of Corinthian Hall and the seating 
of the Brethren were intrusted to the Committee on 
Temple, Brothers William J. Kelly, R. W. Past 
Grand Master ; Hibbert P. John, James B. Duffy, 
G. Ellwood Wagner, and Z. Taylor Rickards, who 
discharged their duty admirably. 

Brother George J. Vandegrift, the Supervisor of 
the Temple, rendered most efficient and willing assist- 
ance. 

Grand Tyler Brother Howard March, who is also 
Private Secretary to the Grand Master, answered the 
innumerable demands made upon him with the utmost 
courtesy and good nature. 

The Committee on Printing and Publishing, Brothers 
M. Richards Muckle, William H. Bellows, T. 
Darlington Buckwalter, William D. McElroy, 
and Alton G. Scholl, co-operating with the Sesqui- 
centennial Committee, arranged with Mr. Samuel 
Sartain to engrave the portrait of Washington by 
Gilbert Stuart. (See frontispiece.) 

The following folded card of directions was pre- 
pared for the information of the Brethren : 



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GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA 
F. & A. M. 

DIRECTORY 

SESQtXI-CENTEiraiAL ASNIVEBSABY 



BOOM HAS BEEN FBOTIDED TO DEPOSIT 
TOUB HATS AND COATS AS FOLLOWS : 

GRAND MASTER'S ROOM. 

FIBST FLOOR FBONT, NORTH SIDE 
OF TEMPLE. 

Grand Lodge Officers (except District Deputy 
Grand Masters and Grand Chaplains). 
Past Grand Masters of Pennsylvania. 
Visiting Grand Masters of other Jurisdictions. 



INITIATION 



BROTHER GEORGE WASHINGTON 



NOVEMBEB 5, 1902. 



ORIENTAL. HALL, 

FIBST FLOOB BEAB, NOBTH SIDE 
OF TEMPLE. 

Members of Lodges Nos. 2 to 300 inclusive. 
RENAISSANCE HALL 

SECOND FLOOB FBONT, SOUTH SIDE 
OF TEMPLE. 

Grand Officers and Guests from other Juris- 
dictions. 



IONIC HALL 

SECOND FLOOB BEAB, SOUTB SIDE 
OF TEMPLE. 

Trustees of Grand Lodge Charity Fund. 

" " Girard Bequest. 

" " Title to Masonic Temple. 

" " Thomas R. Patton 

Memorial Charity Fund. 

" " Stephen Taylor Bequest. 
Commissioners of Sinking Fund. 
Members of Lodges Nos. 301 to 473, inclusive. 

NORMAN HALL 

SECOND FLOOB BEAB, NOBXH SIDE 
OF TEMPLE. 

Committee on Appeals. 

" " Finance. 

" " Correspondence. 

" " By-Laws. 

" " Printing and Publishing. 

Members of Lodges Nos. 474 to 624, inclusive. 

EGYPTIAN HALL 

SECOND FLOOB BEAB, CENTBB. 

Grand Chaplains. 

District Deputy Grand Masters. 

Committee on Library. 

St. John's Lodge, No. 1, New York. 

Potomac Lodge, No. 5, D. C. 

Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22, Va. 

Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, Va. 



IN THE BEAR HALLWAY AN EXHIBITION 
IS GIVEN OF WASHINGTON BELICS AND 
ARTICLES PECULIAB TO HIS TIME. 



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PH l L * DELPHI A. 



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THE CELEBRATION 

Wednesday, November the fifth, was a fine autumn 
day, clear and mild. 

Soon after nine a.m. the Brethren began to assemble. 

The usual seat of the Grand Master in the Corin- 
thian Hall was removed, and its place was taken by a 
chair once used by Washington, and now kindly 
loaned by the City Councils of Philadelphia, and 
brought from Independence Hall. (See page 339, No. 
372.) On the right and left of this chair were chairs 
for the President of the United States and the Governor 
of Pennsylvania. In the rear on a raised platform 
were seats for the distinguished visiting Brethren. 

On the floor, immediately in front of the Grand 
Master's station, was a purple-covered stand, upon 
which were placed a number of most interesting Wash- 
ington relics and photographs, which are described 
below at pages 198-201. A few feet in front of this 
stand was a white marble bust of Washington, after 
Houdon, on a marble pedestal. Immediately in front 
of the Grand Master's pedestal was the Lafayette- 
Washington apron, while on the pedestal itself rested 
the gavel used by Washington when he laid the corner- 
stone of the National Capitol, at Washington, D. C. 

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A special train on the Pennsylvania Railroad brought 
to Philadelphia Brother Theodore Roosevelt, Presi- 
dent of the United States, arriving at Broad Street 
Station at 11.16 a.m. The President was accompanied 
by Brother William Loeb, Jr., Assistant Secretary to 
the President, Brother John W. Vrooman, M. W. 
Past Grand Master of New York, and Dr. George 
A. Lung, U.S.N. , the President's physician. 

The Sesqui-centennial Committee boarded the pri- 
vate car " Mayflower," and greeted the President and 
his party ; they then escorted him through the station 
to the entrance at the corner of Market and Fifteenth 
Streets, where carriages and an escort of mounted 
police were in waiting. The space from Fifteenth 
Street to the Temple was roped off, and a large crowd 
lined the sidewalks to greet the President. The 
President, Grand Master Tennis, Deputy Grand 
Master Brown, and Brother Loeb occupied the first 
carriage. 

On arriving at the Temple, Brother Roosevelt held 
a reception in the Grand Master's office, and then ex- 
amined the Loan Collection of Washingtoniana. 

Brother Roosevelt was presented with a Grand 
Lodge apron (a Master Mason's apron with " Grand 
Lodge" on the flap), having on the lining the following 
inscription : 



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oBtanti Iloogc of $enngpitoania 

F. & A. M. 

Sesqui-centennial Anniversary 

of the 9lntttatton of 

5752 5902 

November 5, 1902 

Presented to 

Matinecock Lodge, No. 806, F. & A. M. 

New York 



A gold Sesqui-centennial medal, set in a neat case, 
having the following inscription : " Presented to Bro. 
Theodore Roosevelt by the Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania, F. & A. M., November 5th, 1902," was also 
given to Brother Roosevelt. 

Shortly before twelve o'clock, when about five hun- 
dred and fifty Brethren had assembled in Corinthian 
Hall, the procession entered. 

The following was the Order of Procession : 

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Washington Sesqul^centenntal Bnntversan? 



Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M. 



CELEBRATION OF THE SESQUI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF 

Washington's Initiation as a Freemason 

Held in the MASONIC TEMPLE IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 
ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, A. D. 1902, A. L. 5902. 



ORDER OF PROCESSION. 



FIRST PROCESSION. 

To be formed in the Egyptian Hall. 



Assistant Grand Marshal : 
Bro. WILLIAM J. DIEHL. 



Deputation from Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, Fredericksburg, Va. , 
Bringing the Washington Initiation Bible : 

Bro. William H. Htjrkamp, W. M. Bro. A. Kandolph Howard, J. W. 
Bro. Maurice Hirsh, S. W. Bro. S. J. Quinn, Sec'y. 



Deputation from Alexandria- Washington Lodge, No. 22, Alexandria, Va. 
formerly No. 39, Pennsylvania : 

Bro. John F. Birrell, W. M. Bro. Kobert W. Arnold, S. W. 

Bro. Harry F. Charles, J. W. 

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Deputation from Potomac Lodge, No. 5, Washington, D. C, 
Bringing the Washington Gavel : 

Key. Bro. Stanley Billheimer,W. M. Bro. Charles T. Lindsey, S. D 
Bro. Henry G. Wagner. 



Deputation from St. John's Lodge, No. 1, New York, 
Bringing the Washington Inauguration Bihle : 

Bro. Frank W. Silkman, S. W. 
Bro. Alexander K. Corbet, Sec'y. 



Bro. George H. Phillips, P. M 
Bro. George T. Montgomery. 



District Deputy Grand Masters : 

Bro. John W. Lansinger. Bro. 

Bro. Samuel M. Goodyear. Bro. 

Bro. Judson Armor. Bro. 

Bro. Joseph W. Day. Bro. 

Bro. William J. Transue. Bro. 

Bro. Matthew M. MacMillan. Bro. 

Bro. Thomas P. Wells. Bro. 

Bro. James A. Pugh. Bro. 

Bro. Boyd G. Steel. Bro. 

Bro. David A. Sawdey. Bro. 

Bro. Walter D. Clark. Bro. 

Bro. William M. Hamilton. Bro. 

Bro. John S. Sell. Bro. 

Bro. Alexander Elliott. Bro. 

Bro. John D. Goff. Bro. 

Bro. Samuel Hamilton. Bro. 



William L. Gorgas. 
George H. Shirk. 
Thaddeus S. Adle. 
Charles S. Vandegrift. 
David S. Bachman. 
William D. White. 
Wentworth D. Vedder. 
Ezra C. Doty. 
John J. Jones. 
Wilson I. Fleming. 
William B. Meredith. 
James W. McDowell. 
George H. Quaill. 
John W. Farnsworth. 
Frank C. O'Kourke. 
George D. Peters. 



Grand Chaplains : 

Key. Bro. John S. J. McConnell, D.D. Kev. Bro. Charles M. Stock, D.D. 

Key. Bro. J. Gray Bolton, D.D. Kev. Bro. William B.Chalfant, D.D. 

Bev. Bro. Kichard H. Wharton. Rev. Bro. Charles H. Bond. 

Bev. Bro. Geo.W. MacLaughlin, D.D. Rev. Bro. Frank B. Lynch, D.D. 



Assistant Grand Tyler : 

Bro. John Peter McBean. 

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SECOND PROCESSION. 

To be formed in the Renaissance Hall. 



Assistant Grand Marshal : 
BRO. GEORGE D. MOORE. 

Grand Officers and Guests from Sister Grand Lodges. 

ARIZONA. 

Bro. Benjamin Titus, 
M. W. Past Grand Master. 

ARKANSAS. 

Bro. George H. Lee, 
D. D. G. Master, Eighth District. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Bro. Leon M. Woodford, Bro. John H. Barlow, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. M. W. Grand Secretary. 

DELAWARE. 

Bro. Charles H. Maull, Bro. Walter S. Letherbury, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. R. W. Senior Grand Warden. 

Bro. Isaac A. Warren, Bro. William L. Hamann, 

R. W. Junior Grand Warden. R. W. Grand Treasurer. 

Bro. Benjamin F. Bartram, Bro. Geo. Massey Jones, 

R. W. Grand Secretary. M. W. Past Grand Master. 

Bro. J. Harmer Rile, Rev. Bro. Lewis H. Jackson, 

M. W. Past Grand Master. Chairman, Com. on Correspondence. 

Bro. Lewis B. Morrow, 
R. W. Past Grand Treasurer. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Bro. George H. Walker, Bro. George W. Baird, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. Chairman, Com. on Correspondence. 

MARYLAND. 

Bro. J. Clement Clark, Bro. Peter E. Tome, 

R. W. Junior Grand Warden. R. W. Grand Treasurer. 

Bro. John M. Carter, 
M. W. Past Grand Master. 
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NEBRASKA. 

Bro. Frank E. Bttllard, 
R. W. Deputy Grand Master. 

NEW JERSEY. 

Bro. John H. Wilkins, Bro. Benj. F. Wakefield, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. R. W. Senior Grand Warden. 

Bro. Walter Chandler, Bro. Thomas H. R. Redwat, 

R. W. Junior Grand Warden. R. W. Grand Secretary. 

Bro. Charles H. Mann, Bro. Charles Belcher, 

M. W. Past Grand Master. M. W. Past Grand Master and 

Bro. Josiah W. Ewan, Chairman, Com. on Correspondence. 

M. W. Past Grand Master. 

NEW YORK. 
Bro. John W. Vrooman, 
M. W. Past Grand Master. 
Rt. Rev. Bro. Henry C. Potter, D.D , LL.D., D.C.L., 
Past Grand Chaplain. 
Bro. William L. Swan, P. M., Bro. William Loeb, Jr., 

Matinecock Lodge, No. 806, Oyster Wadsworth Lodge, No. 417, Albany. 
Bay. 

OHIO. 
Bro. Orion P. Sperra, Bro. Jacob H. Bromwell, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. R. W. Grand Secretary. 

QUEBEC. 

Bro. Edward T. D. Chambers, 

M. W. Past Grand Master and Chairman, Com. on Correspondence. 

TENNESSEE. 

Bro. Henry H. Inqersoll, 

Chairman, Com. on Correspondence. 

VERMONT. 
Bro. Everett C. Benton. 

• VIRGINIA. 
Bro. Kosciusko Kemper, 
R. W. Grand Junior Warden. 



Assistant Grand Tyler : 

Bro. Daniel W. Hutchin. 

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THIRD PROCESSION. 

To be formed in the Office of the K. W. Grand Master. 



"When this Procession reaches the entrance to the Corinthian Hall, it will halt, 
open ranks to the right and left, facing inward, and the Officers and Guests of the 
Grand Lodge in reverse order will pass through to the East. 



Grand Marshal : 

BEO. GEORGE B. WELLS. 

Grand Tyler : Grand Pursuivant : 

Bro. Howard March Bro. J. Henry Williams. 



Grand Stewards : 
Bro. McCltjney Radcliffe. Bro. George A. Howe. 



Junior Grand Deacon : Senior Grand Deacon : 

Bro. John L. Kinsey. Bro. Charles M. Swain. 



Grand Chaplains : 
Rev. Bro. James W. Robins, D.D. Rt. Rev. Bro. Cortlandt Whitehead, 

D.D. 



Deputy Grand Secretary ; 
Bro. John A. Perry. 



Orators of the Day : 
Bro. James M. Lamberton. Bro. Stewart L. Woodford. 

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Visiting M. 


w. 


Grand Masters : 


Bro. 


Harry H. Myers, 




Bro. Arthur C. Wheeler, 


M. 


W. G. M. of Arkansas. 




M. W. G. M. of Connecticut. 


Bro. 


Harry J. Guthrie, 




Bro. Max Myerhardt, 


M. 


W. G. M. of Delaware. 




M. W. G. M. of Georgia. 


Bro. 


David F. Mason, 




Bro. Thomas J. Shryock, 


M. 


W. G. M. of Idaho. 




M. W. G. M. of Maryland. 


Bro. 


Charles T. Gallagher, 




Bro. John C. Yocum, 


M. 


W. G. M. of Massachusetts. 




M. W. G. M. of Missouri. 


Bro. 


W. Holt Apgar, 




Bro. William R. Ellis, 


M. 


W. G. M. of New Jersey. 




M. W. G. M. of Prince Edward Island, 




Bro. H. 


Oscar Kerns, 




M. W. G 


. M. 


. of Virginia. 



K. W. Past Grand Masters : 

Bro. George E. Wagner. Bro. William J. Kelly. 

Bro. Matthias H. Henderson. Bro. Michael Arnold. 

Bro. Conrad B. Day. Bro. Samuel B. Dick. 

Bro. Samuel C. Perkins. 



Bro. WILLIAM A. SINN, 

K. W. Grand Secretary. 

Bro. GEORGE B. ORLADY, 

R. W. Junior Grand Warden 



Bro. 



Bro. 



Bro. THOMAS R. PATTON, 

R. W. Grand Treasurer. 
Bro. GEORGE W. KENDRICK, Jr., 
R. W. Senior Grand Warden. 
His Excellency 
Bro. WILLIAM A. STONE, 

Governor of Pennsylvania. 
His Excellency 
EDGAR A. TENNIS, Bro. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 

R. W. Grand Master. President of the United States. 

Bro. Robert J. Linden, 
Grand Sword Bearer. 



JAMES W. BROWN, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. 



After the close of the Grand Lodge, the Third Procession will withdraw in 
the same order in which it entered, and retire to the place from which it set out. 

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Owing to a fog in New York harbor, a number of 
visiting Grand Officers did not arrive in time to take 
part in the procession ; and a few, at the last minute, 
were unable to be present. 

As the Officers and Guests of the Grand Lodge 
entered, the Orchestra played the march from The 
Prophet. 

The programme of the exercises in Grand Lodge, 
fastened together with purple ribbon and inclosed in a 
white envelope (made by Messrs. Loughead & Co., of 
Philadelphia), was as follows : 



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A. D. 1752 November the fourth A. L. 5752 




AD. 1902 November the fifth A. L. 5902 



CELEBRATION 

OF THE 

Sesqui-centennial Anniversary 
of the Initiation of 

Brother George Washington 

INTO 

The Fraternity of Freemasons 

BY 

THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE 

Of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of 

FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

And Masonic Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging 



HELD IN THE MASONIC TEMPLE 
IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 

On Wednesday, November the Fifth, A. D. 1902, A. L. 5902 
At 12 O'clock, Noon 



Programme 



1. MUSIC March from The Prophet .... ORCHESTRA 

Entrance of the Officers and Guests of the Grand Lodge 

2. OPENING OF THE GRAND LODGE 

3. Prayer . . . Rev. Brother James W. Robins, D. D. 

Grand Chaplain 

4. MUSIC Old Hundredth ALL THE BRETHREN 

With one consent let all the earth 

To GOD their cheerful voices raise ; 
Glad homage pay with awful mirth, 

And sing before Him songs of praise. 

Convinced that He is GOD alone, 

From Whom both we and all proceed ; 
We, whom He chooses for His own, 

The flock that He vouchsafes to feed. 

For He's the Lord, supremely good, 

His mercy is forever sure; 
His truth, which always firmly stood, 

To endless ages shall endure. 

5. Address of Welcome Brother Edgar a. Tennis 

R. W. Grand Master of 
Pennsylvania 

6. Reply on Behalf of the Visiting Grand Officers 

Brother Charles T. Gallagher 

M. W. Grand Master of Massachusetts 
4 

7. MUSIC The Palms ORCHESTRA 

8. Address .... brother Theodore Roosevelt 

Matinecock Lodge, No. 806, 
Oyster Bay, N. Y. 

President of the United States 



q. Music Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah Chorus 

Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! 

For the Lord GOD Omnipotent reigneth, 

The kingdom of this world is become 

The kingdom of our Lord, 

And He shall reign forever and ever, 

King of kings, and Lord of lords. 

Hallelujah! Hallelujah ! 

io. ORATION Washington as a Freemason 

brother James m. Lamberton, p. m. 

Perseverance Lodge, No. 2T. 
Harrisburg 

n. MUSIC The President's March . . ALL THE BRETHREN 

Hail COLUMBIA! happy land; 

Hail ye HEROES, Heav'n-born band, 

Who fought and bled in freedom's caule, 

Who fought and bled in freedom's caule. 
And when the ftorm of war was gone. 
Enjoy'd the peace your valor won. 

Let INDEPENDENCE be our boalt, 

Ever mindful what it coft, 

Ever grateful for the prize, 

Let its altar reach the ikies. 

Firm — united— let us be, 

Rallying round our liberty ; 
As a band of brothers join' d, 
Peace and fafety we f hall Jin J. 

IMMORTAL PATRIOTS ! rife once more, 
Defend your rights, defend your Ihore, 

Let no rude foe with impious hand, 

Let no rude foe with impious hand, 
Invade the fhrine where sacred lies, 
Of toil and blood the well-earn'd prize. 

While offering peace, fincere and jult. 

In Heaven we place a manlv truft, 

That truth and juftice will prevail, 

And every fcheme of bondage fail. 
Firm — united, etc. 

Sound, found the trump of Fame 
Let WASHINGTON'S great name,' 

Ring thro' the world with loud applaule 

Ring thro' the world with loud applaufe 
Let every clime to Freedom dear, 
Liften with a joyful ear! 

With equal fkill, with Godlike power, 

He governs in the fearful hour 

Of horrid war, or guides with eafe 

The happier times of honeft Peace. 
Firm — united, etc. 



Behold the Chief who now commands, 

Once more to ferve his country, ftands ! 
The Rock on which the ftorm will beat, 
The Rock on which the ftorm will beat. 

But arm'd in virtue, firm and true. 

His hopes are fixed on Heav'n and YOU. 
When Hope was finking in difmay. 
And glooms obfcur'd Columbia's day, 
His fteady mind, from changes free, 
Resolv'd on Death or Liberty. 
Firm — united, etc. 

Jofeph Hopkinfon, 
Philadelphia, April 25, IJ98. 



12. ORATION Washington as a Citizen 

BROTHER STEWART L. WOODFORD, P. M. 

Continental Lodge, No. 287, 

New York 

13. MUSIC America ... .ALL THE BRETHREN 

Hail, Masonry divine ! 
Glory of ages, shine, 

Long may'st thou reign ; 
Wher'er thy Lodges stand, 
May they have great command. 
And always grace the land. 

Thou art divine ! 

Great fabrics still arise, 
And grace the azure skies. 

Great are thy schemes ; 
Thy noble orders are 
Matchless beyond compare ; 
No art with thee can share, 

Thou art divine ! 

Hiram the Architect, 
Did all the Craft direct 

How they should build ; 
Solomon, great Israel's king, 
Did mighty blessings bring. 
And left us room to sing 

Hail, Royal Art! 



14. Greetings from the Visiting m. w. Grand Masters 



i?. Closing of the grand Lou,,! 



iG. PRAYER . . RT. RHV. RRO. CORTLANDT WHITEHEAD, D. D. 

Grand Chaplain 



17. MUSIC March from Tannh'duser .... ORCHESTRA 
Withdrawal of the Officers and Guests of the Grand Lodge. 



COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS 



RROTHER EDGAR A. TENNIS, R. W. Grand Master 

JAMES W. BROWN. R. W. Deputv Grand Master 
GEORGE W. KENDRICK. JR., R. W. Senior Grand 

Warden 
GEORGE B. ORLADY. R. W. Junior Grand Warden 
THOMAS R. PATTON, R. W. Grand Treasurer. 
WILLIAM A. SINN, R. W. Grand Secretary 
CONRAD B. DAY, R. W Past Grand Master 
WILLIAM J. KELLY, R. W. Past Grand Master. 
GEORGE E. WAGNER. R. W. Past Grand Master 
JAMES M. LAMBERTON, P. M. Lodge No. 21 
GEORGE D. MOORE, P. M. Lodge No. 106. 
WILLIAM J. DIEHL, P. M. Lodge No. 321. 




Washington's Apron 

Presented by Brother Lafayette 
Property ofthe Grand Lodgeof Pennsylvania 



(Sranti Itotige of ^ennsplbanta* 



SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, 
Held at Philadelphia, November 5, A.D. 1902, A.L. 5002. 

PRESENT: 



Bro. Edgar A. Tennis . . . 

Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town. 

James W. Brown ... 

Hailman, No. 321, Pittsburgh. 

George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

George B. Orlady . . 

Mount Moriah, No. 300, Hunting- 
don. 



E. W. Grand Master. 

K. W. Deputy Grand Master. 
E. W. Senior Grand Warden. 
B. W. Junior Grand Warden. 



B. W. Grand Treasurer. 
B. W. Grand Secretary. 
Deputy Grand Secretary. 



Thomas B. Patton . . 

Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

William A. Sinn . . . 

Montgomery, No. 19, Philadelphia. 

John A. Perry. . . . 

Integrity, No. 187, Philadelphia. 

Samuel C. Perkins . . 

Columbia, No. 91, Philadelphia. 

Samuel B. Dick . . . 

Lodge No. 408, Meadville. 

Conrad B. Day . . . 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

Michael Arnold . . . 

Rising star, No. 126, Philadelphia. }■ B. W. Past Grand Masters. 

Matthias H. Henderson 

Lodge of the Craft, No. 433, New 
Castle. 

William J. Kelly . . 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

George B. Wagner . . 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

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Bro. John W. Lansinger . . 

Lodge No. 43, Lancaster. 

" "William L. Gorgas . . 

Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg. 

" Samuel M. Goodyear . 

Cumberland Star, No. 197, Carlisle. 

" George H. Shirk . . . 

Patmos, No. 348, Hanover. 

" Judson Armor . . . . 

Williamson, No. 309, Downing- 
town. 

" Thaddeus S. Adle 

Charity, No. 190, Norristown. 

" Joseph W. Day . . 

Chandler, No. 227, Reading. 

" Charles S. Vandegript 

Bristol, No. 25, Bristol. 

" William J. Transue . 

Portland, No. 311, Portland. 

" David S. Bachman . 

Porter, No. 284, Catasauqua. 

" Matthew M. MacMillan 

Mahanoy City, No. 357, Mahanoy 
City. 

" William D. White . 

Landmark, No. 442, Wilkes-Barre 

" Wentworth D. Yedder 

Friendship, No. 247, Mansfield. 

" James A. Pugh . . . 

Ivy, No. 397, Williamsport. 

" Ezra C. Doty . . . 

Union, No. 324, Mirfiintown. 

" Boyd G. Steel . . . 

Mountain, No. 281, Altoona. 

" Wilson I. Fleming . 

Bellefonte, No. 268, Bellefonte. 

" David A. Sawdey . . 

Perry, No. 392, Erie. 

" Walter D. Clark 

Lodge of the Craft, No. 433, New 
Castle. 



District Deputy Grand Mas- 
ters. 



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Bro. William B. Meredith . 

Kittanning, No. 244, Kittanning. 

William M. Hamilton . 

Crescent, No. 576, Pittsburgh. 

James W. McDowell . 

Washington, No. 164, Washington. 

John S. Sell .... 

Westmoreland, No. 518, Greens- 
burg. 

George H. Quaill . . 

Bellevue, No. 530, Bellevue. 

Alexander Elliott . . 

Mount Moriah, No. 300, Hunting- 
don. 

John W. Farnsworth . 

Mahoning, No. 516, Danville. 

John D. Goff .... 

Chester, No. 236, Chester. 

Frank C. O'Bourke . . 

Union, No. 259, New Brighton. 

Samuel Hamilton. . . 

Braddock's Field, No. 510, Brad- 
dock. 

George D. Peters . . 

Spring City, No. 553, Spring City. 

John J. Jones .... 

Cambria, No. 278, Johnstown. 

Bt. Bev. Bro. Cortlandt 
Whitehead, D.D. . . 

Franklin, No. 221, Pittsburgh. 

Bev. Bro. James W. Bobins, 
D.D 

Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

" " John S. J. McCon- 

NELL, D.D. . . . 
Mount Horeb, No. 528, Phil- 
adelphia. 

" " Charles M. Stock, 
D.D 

Bedford, No. 320, Bedford. 

" ■ J. Gray Bolton, D.D. 

Washington, No. 59, Phila- 
delphia. 



District Deputy Grand Mas- 
ters. 



Grand Chaplains. 



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Eev. Bro. William B. Chal- 
fant, D.D. . . . 

Chester, No. 236, Chester. 

" Eichard H. Whar- 
ton 

Tyrone, No. 494, Tyrone. 

" " Charles H. Bond . 

Covenant, No. 456, Philadel- 
phia. 

" " George W. Mac- 

LAUGHLIN, D. D. . 

Solomon's, No. 114, Phila- 
delphia. 

" " Frank B. Lynch, 
D.D 

Mount Horeb, No. 528, Phil- 
adelphia. 

Bro. Charles M. Swain . . 

Montgomery, No. 19, Philadelphia. 

" John L. Kinsey . . . 

Philo, No. 444, Philadelphia. 

" George A. Howe . . . 

Franklin, No. 221, Pittsburgh. 

" McCluney Eadcliffe . 

Potter, No. 441, Philadelphia. 

" George B. Wells . . . 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

" Eobert J. Linden . . . 

Solomon's, No. 114, Philadelphia. 

" J. Henry Williams . . 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

" Howard March . . . 

Win. B. Schnider, No. 419, Phila- 
delphia. 

" Frederick Anne . . 

Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia. 

" Samuel Hall Day . 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

" John Peter MacBean 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia 

" Daniel W. Hutchin . 

Phoenix, No. 130, Philadelphia. 

" William A. Ehoads . 

Wm. B. Schnider, No. 419, Phila 
delphia. 

" A. Howard Thomas . 

University, No. 610, Philadelphia 



h Grand Chaplains. 



Senior Grand Deacon. 
Junior Grand Deacon. 

Grand Stewards. 

Grand Marshal. 
Grand Sword Bearer. 
Grand Pursuivant. 
Grand Tyler. 



Assistant Grand Tylers. 



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Bro. John S. Stevens . . . 

Shekinah, No. 246, Philadelphia. 

Stockton Bates . . . 

Meridian Sun, No. 158, Philadel- 
phia. 

John E. Fanshawe . . 

Mitchell, No. 296, Philadelphia. 

Bushrod W. James . 

Perkins, No. 402, Philadelphia. 

Samuel C. Perkins . . 
r. w. P. g. m. 

Columbia, No. 91, Philadelphia. 

John L. Thomson . . . 

Lodge No. 51, Philadelphia. 

Alexander H. Morgan . 

Montgomery, No. 19, Philadel- 
phia. 

George McCurdy . . 

Williamson, No. 369, Philadelphia 

Michael Arnold . . 

R. W. P. G. M 

Rising Star, No. 126, Philadelphia 

William J. Kelly 

r. w. P. G. M 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia 

Peter Boyd .... 

Corinthian, No. 368, Philadelphia 

James M. Lamberton 

Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg. 

Edmund D. Scholey . . 

Rising Star, No. 126, Philadelphia. 

George S. Graham . . 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

Stephen Greene . . . 

Covenant, No. 456, Philadelphia. 

S. Kingston McCay . . 

Philadelphia, No. 72, Philadel- 
phia. 

George W. Spiese. . . 

Stephen Girard, No. 450, Philadel- 
phia. 



Trustees of the Grand Lodge 
Charity Fund. 



> Trustees of the Girard Bequest. 



Trustees of the Thomas E. 
Patton Memorial Charity 
Fund. 



Trustees of the Title to the 
Masonic Temple and Other 
Eeal Estate of the Grand 
Lodge. 



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Bro. Henry Z. Ziegler . . . 

Richmond, No. 230, Philadelphia. 

Samuel W. Wray . . . 

Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

Theodore E. Wieder- 
sheim 

Lodge No. 51, Philadelphia. 

George W. Hall . . . 

Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

Harry W. Smith . . . 

St. Paul's, No. 481, Philadelphia. 

Matthias H. Henderson 
r. w. P. G. M. 

Lodge of the Craft, No. 433, New 
Castle. 

Samuel B. Dick . . . 
r. w. P. G. M. 

Lodge No. 408, Meadville. 

Henry M. Dechert . . 

Hamilton, No. 274, Philadelphia. 

Atwood Smith .... 

Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

Daniel Baird, Jr. . . 

Melita, No. 295, Philadelphia. 

Samuel C. Perkins . . 
r. w. P. G. M. 

Columbia, No. 91, Philadelphia. 

Samuel B. Dick . . . 
r. w. p. g. m. 

Lodge No. 408, Meadville. 

Conrad B. Day . . . 

R. W. P. G. M. 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

Michael Arnold . . . 

r. w. p. G. M. 

Rising Star, No. 126, Philadelphia. 

Matthias H. Henderson 

R. W. P. G. M. 
Lodge of the Craft, No. 433, New 
Castle. 

William J. Kelly . . 
r. w. P. G. M. 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

George E. Wagner . . 

R. W. P. G. M. 
Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia, 
together with 

Edgar A. Tennis . . . 

R. W. G. M. 
Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town, 

and 

James W. Brown . . . 

R. W. D. G. M. 

Hailman, No. 321, Pittsburgh. 



Trustees of the Stephen Tay- 
lor Bequest. 



i Commissioners of the Sinking 
' Fund. 



> Committee on Landmarks. 



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Bro. William B. Hackenburg 

Shekinah, No. 246, Philadelphia. 

William B. Hanna . 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia 

George W. Guthrie . 

Franklin, No. 221, Pittsburgh. 

James H. Codding 

Union, No. 108, Towanda. 

Abraham M. Beitler 

Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadelphia. 

Conrad B. Day . . 

R. w. p. g. m 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

AZARIAH W. HOOPES . 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

Ezra S. Bartlett . . 

Wm. C. Hamilton, No. 500, Phila 
delphia. 

Max Biebenack . . 

Meridian Sun, No. 158, Philadel 
phia. 

Frank M. Highley . 

Perkins, No. 402, Philadelphia. 

Michael Arnold . . 

r. w. P. G. M 
Rising Star, No. 126, Philadelphia 

James M. Lamberton 

Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg. 

William N. Seibert . 

Adams, No. 319, New Bloomfleld. 

Owen M. Copelin . . 

Robert Burns, No. 464, Harrisburg 

Charles Cary . . . 

Corinthian, No. 368, Philadelphia 

James S. Barber . . 

Perkins, No. 402, Philadelphia. 

James W. E. Washington 

Richmond, No. 230, Philadelphia. 

Sylvester S. Garwood . 

Shekinah, No. 246, Philadelphia. 



Committee on Appeals. 



► Committee on Finance. 



Committee on Correspondence. 



► Committee on By-Laws. 



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Bro. M. Bichards Muckle 

Hermann, No. 125, Philadelphia. 

William H. Bellows 

Philo, No. 444, Philadelphia. 

T. Darlington Buckwal- 

TER 

Stichter, No. 254, Pottstown. 

William D. McElroy . 

St. John's, No. 219, Pittehurgh. 

Alton G. Scholl . . . 

Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town. 

William J. Kelly 

R. W. P. G. M 
Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia 

Hibbert P. John . . 

Williamson, No. 369, Philadelphia 

James B. Duffy . . 

Radiant Star, No. 606, Philadel- 
phia. 

G. Ell wood Wagner 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

Z. Taylor Bickards . 

Oriental, No. 385, Philadelphia. 

Louis Wagner . . . . 

Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

George W. Hall . . . 

Kensington, No. 211, Philadelphia. 

I. Layton Begister . . 

Lodge No. 51, Philadelphia. 

Thomas S. Stout . . . 

Philo, No. 444, Philadelphia. 

Gilbert L. Lentz . . 

St. John's, No. 115, Philadelphia. 

Arno Leonhardt . . . 

Apollo, No. 386, Philadelphia, 



Committee on Printing and 
Publishing. 



► Committee on Temple. 



► Committee on Library. 



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Bro. Amos H. Hall .... 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

" Barclay J. Woodward . 

Eastern Star, No. 186, Philadelphia. 

" Samuel H. Bhoads . . 

Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia. 

" Edgar A. Tennis . . . 
r. w. G. M. 

Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town. 

" James W. Brown . . . 

R. W. D. G. M. 
Hailman, No. 321, Pittsburgh. 

" George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

R. W. S. G. W. 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

" George B. Orlady . . 

R. W. J. G. W. 

Mount Moriah, No. 300, Hunting- 
don. 

" Thomas B. Patton . . 
r. w. G. T. 

Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

" William A. Sinn . . . 

R. W. G. S. 
Montgomery, No. 19, Philadelphia. 

" Conrad B. Day . . . 

R. W. P. G. M. 
Harmony No. 52, Philadelphia. 

" William J. Kelly . . 

R. W. P. G. M. 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

" George E. Wagner . . 
r. w. P. G. M. 
Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

" James M. Lamberton 

Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg. 

" George D. Moore . . . 

Lodge No. 106, Williamsport. 

" William J. Diehl . . 

Hailman, No. 321, Pittsburgh. 



President of the Almoners of 
the Grand Lodge Charity 
Fund. 

President of the Stewards of 
the Stephen Girard Charity- 
Fund. 

President of the Bursars of the 
Thomas R. Patton Memorial 
Charity Fund. 



Special Committee on Wash- 
ington Sesqui-centennial An- 
niversary. 



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Bro. Edgar A. Tennis . . . 
r. w. G. M. 

Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town. 

William J. Kelly . . 
r. w. P. G. M. 

Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 

James M. Lamberton 

Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg. 

William B. Joslyn . . 

Hamilton, No. 274, Philadelphia. 

Thomas W. Ayres . . . 

Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia. 

Daniel J. Bishop . . . 

Lodge No. S, Philadelphia. 

Samuel Laughlin . . . 

Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia. 

I. Boberts Newkirk. . 

Rising Star, No. 126, Philadelphia. 

Frank C. Price . . . 

Oriental, No. 385, Philadelphia. 

Julius E. Blamberg . . 

Wm. B. Schnider, No. 419, Phila- 
delphia. 

William H. Brehm . . 

Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

William Dick .... 

Potter, No. 441, Philadelphia. 

Carl A. Sundstrom . . 

Equity, No. 591, Philadelphia. 

Alexander J. H. Mackie 

Radiant Star, No. 606, Philadel- 
phia. 

Walter D. Green . . 

University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 



Special Committee to invite 
the President of the United 
States and the Governor of 
Pennsylvania. 



Special Committee on Exami- 
nation. 



The following Brethren, members of and visitors to 
Grand Lodge, representing three hundred and forty- 
one Lodges, were present, the name of the Brother 

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specially selected to represent each Lodge at this cele- 
bration being placed first and marked with an aster- 
isk, and the Past Masters being arranged according 
to seniority : 

*Bro. William H. Shoemaker, P.M., Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia. 
" Henry J. McCarthy, P.M., Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia. 

Norris S. Barratt, P.M., Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia. 

Daniel J. Bishop, W.M., Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia. 

J. Harry Hughes, P.M., Lodge No. 9, Philadelphia. 
" Milton B. Mishey, W.M., Montgomery, No. 19, Phila- 
delphia. 
' John K. Eoyal, W.M., Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg. 
' Spencer C. Gilbert, P.M., Perseverance, No. 21, Harris- 
burg. 
' William H. Saeger, P.M., Lodge No. 22, Sunbury. 
' Stanford K. Kunyon, W.M., Bristol, No. 25, Bristol. 
' William H. Keller, W.M., Lodge No. 43, Lancaster. 

B. Oram Lyte, P.M., Lodge No. 43, Lancaster. 

John C. Harper, P.M., Lodge No. 45, Pittsburgh. 

Emanuel Herrmann, W.M., Lodge No. 51, Philadelphia. 
-' George Herzog, Lodge No. 51, Philadelphia. 

* " B. Norman Tuttle, W.M., Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

Robert W. Fagan, P.M., Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 
" Louis M. Wagner, P.M., Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 
Martin H. Day, Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 
William L. Elkins, Harmony, No. 52, Philadelphia. 

* " William B. Reed, P.M., Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 
" Thomas McConnell, Jr., P.M., Washington, No. 59, Phila- 
delphia. 

William A. Joseph, Washington, No. 59, Philadelphia. 
" Samuel W. Pennypacker, Washington, No. 59, Philadel- 
phia. 

* " Harold N. Rust, P.M., Lodge No. 61, Wilkes-Barre. 

* " John E. Clouser, W.M., Lodge No. 62, Reading. 

* " William F. Scheuing, W.M., Concordia, No. 67, Philadel- 

phia. 

* " Edward M. Cowell, P.M., Rural Amity, No. 70, Athens 

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* Bro. Frank J. Pryor, P.M., La Fayette, No. 71, Philadelphia. 

William H. Morgan, P.M., La Fayette, No. 71, Phila- 
delphia. 

Eobert E. Henszey, P.M., Philadelphia, No. 72, Philadel- 
phia. 

James W. Latta, P.M., Philadelphia, No. 72, Philadelphia. 

Addison S. Yanderslice, P.M., Phoenix, No. 75, Phcenix- 
ville. 

William C. Mackie, P.M., Hiram, No. 81, Philadelphia. 

J. Warner Hutchins, P.M., Columbia, No. 91, Philadel- 
phia. 

Julius F. Sachse, J.W., Columbia, No. 91, Philadelphia. 

Charles D. Sell, Columbia, No. 91, Philadelphia. 

Herman Wischman, Columbia, No. 91, Philadelphia. 

John P. Suess, P.M., Lodge No. 106, Williamsport. 

Frank C. McKee, P.M., Union, No. 108, Towanda. 

Eobert W. Vogt, W.M., Solomon's, No. 114, Philadelphia. 

J. Sellers Kite, P.M., St. John's, No. 115, Philadelphia. 

Thomas E. Patton, Jr., W.M., Union, No. 121, Philadel- 
phia. 

William W. Allen, P.M., Union, No. 121, Philadelphia. 

Albert C. Woerwag, W.M., Hermann, No. 125, Phila- 
delphia. 

I. Eoberts Newkirk, W.M., Eising Star, No. 126, Phila- 
delphia. 

Charles Emory Smith, Eising Star, No. 126, Philadel- 
phia. 

John Weaver, Eising Star, No. 126, Philadelphia. 

I. Newton Eoberts, W.M., Phoenix, No. 130, Philadelphia. 

E. Hamill D. Swing, W.M., Industry, No. 131, Philadel- 
phia. 

Wilbur F. Litch, P.M., Franklin, No. 134, Philadelphia. 

Jacob W. Jackson, P.M., Franklin, No. 134, Philadelphia. 

David J. Myers, P.M., Franklin, No. 134, Philadelphia. 

William T. Westerman, W.M., Eoxborough, No. 135, 
Philadelphia. 

Heister S. Albright, P.M., Schuylkill, No. 138, Orwigs- 
burg. 

John F. Kirby, W.M., George Washington, No. 143, 
Chambersburg. 

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Bro. W. Eush Gillan, P.M., George Washington, No. 143, 
Chambersburg. 
" L. Bert Eyster, George Washington, No. 143, Chambers- 
burg. 

* " William M. Semple, P.M., Baston, No. 152, Baston. 

* " William Hodges, P.M., Mount Moriah, No. 155, Phila- 

delphia. 
" Charles W. Letsch, Mount Moriah, No. 155, Philadelphia. 

* " Amos Gilbert, W.M., Washington, No. 156, Quarry ville. 

* " Walter Eyan, W.M., Meridian Sun, No. 158, Philadelphia. 
" Thomas B. Neeley, Meridian Sun, No. 158, Philadelphia. 

* " Eichard L. Bevan, P.M., Evergreen, No. 163, Monroeton. 

* " James W. McDowell, P.M., Washington, No. 164, Wash- 

ington. 

* " Charles W. Boger, W.M., Eastern Star, No. 186, Phila- 

delphia. 

* " Joseph E. Walker, W.M., Integrity, No. 187, Philadel- 

phia. 
" John O'Donnel, P.M., Integrity, No. 187, Philadelphia. 

* " Matthias L. March, W.M., Charity, No. 190, Norristown. 
" Irving P. Wanger, P.M., Charity, No. 190, Norristown. 
" Wilmer M. Bean, Charity, No. 190, Norristown. 

* " Fisk Goodyear, W.M., Cumberland Star, No. 197, Carlisle. 

* " William Bagnall, P.M., Lewistown, No. 203, Lewistown. 
" Harry M. Yan Zandt, P.M., Lewistown, No. 203, Lewis- 
town. 

* " Mathias Seddinger, P.M., Kensington, No. 211, Phila- 

delphia. 
" Henry Einwechter, P.M., Kensington, No. 211, Phila- 
delphia. 

* " William D. Pollard, P.M., Pulaski, No. 216, Pottsville. 

* " William D. McIlroy, P.M., St. John's, No. 219, Pitts- 

burgh. 
" James B. Youngson, P.M., St. John's, No. 219, Pittsburgh. 

* " George W. Guthrie, P.M., Franklin, No. 221, Pittsburgh. 

* " Henry Hammer, P.M., Minersville, No. 222, Minersville. 

* " Thomas Ward, P.M., Allegheny, No. 223, Allegheny. 

* " Charles Chalpant, W.M., Danville, No. 224, Danville. 

* " Eichard T. Hugus, S.W., Philanthropy, No. 225, Greens- 

burg. 

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*Bro. Charles V. Henry, P.M., Mount Lebanon, No. 226, 
Lebanon. 

Sydenham E. Ancona, P.M., Chandler, No. 227, Reading. 

John E. Nelson, P.M., Rochester, No. 229, Rochester. 

Louis Weber, P.M., Richmond, No. 230, Philadelphia. 

John Thoma, P.M., Solomon's, No. 231, Pittsburgh. 

Hamilton B. Humes, P.M., La Belle Vallee, No. 232, 
Jersey Shore. 

Abraham R. Markus, P.M., St. John's, No. 233, Pittston. 

Edward Nothnagle, W.M., Chester, No. 236, Chester. 

Isaac M. Da vies, P.M., Tamaqua, No. 238, Tamaqua. 

Charles E. Clark, P.M., Carbon, No. 242, Mauch Chunk. 

Louis N. Crawford, P.M., Mahoning, No. 243. New 
Castle. 

Thomas N. McKee, W.M., Kittanning, No. 244, Kittan- 
ning. 

Louis Weinrebe, P.M., Doylestown, No. 245, Doyles- 
town. 

William H. Maneely, P.M., Shekinah, No. 246, Phila- 
delphia. 

B. Frank Royer, P.M., Shekinah, No. 246, Philadelphia. 

Herman D. Cotter, Shekinah, No. 246, Philadelphia. 

J. Miller Clark, P.M., Friendship, No. 247, Mansfield. 

James W. Piatt, P.M., Temple, No. 248, Tunkhannock. 

Joseph A. McKee, W.M., Gummert, No. 252, Fayette 
City. 

Marshall McClain, P.M., Washington, No. 253, Pitts- 
burgh. 

William Auchenbach, P.M., Stichter, No. 254, Potts- 
town. 

John R. Brooke, Stichter, No. 254, Pottstown. 

William A. Richardson, P.M., Shamokin, No. 255, Sha- 
mokin. 

James H. Smith, P.M., Milton, No. 256, Milton. 

James M. Hedenberg, P.M., Milton, No. 256, Milton. 

George E. Beitsch, W.M., Union, No. 259, New Brighton. 

John M. Rhey, W.M., St. John's, No. 260, Carlisle. 

Thomas S. Morgan, P.M., Hiram, No. 261, Scranton. 

Thomas D. White, W.M., Orrstown, No. 262, Orrstown. 

Frank H. Jarvis, W.M., Franklin, No. 263, Laceyville. 
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Bro. Eugene F. Carpenter, W.M., Washington, No. 265, 
Bloomsburg. 
" Alexander E. McLean, P.M., York, No. 266, York. 
" William E. Moody, P.M., Swatara, No. 267, Tremont. 
" Jesse T. Cherry, W.M., Bellefonte, No. 268, Bellefonte. 
" Jeremiah Kline, P.M., Page, No. 270, Schuylkill Haven. 
" Harry S. Wright, W.M., Keystone, No. 271, Philadel- 
phia. 
" George W. Ekings, P.M., Keystone, No. 271, Philadel- 
phia. 
" Horatio L. Yocum, W.M., Cassia, No. 273, Ardmore. 
" Benjamin Eiseman, P.M., Hamilton, No. 274, Philadel- 
phia. 
Joseph D. Houston, P.M., Loyalhanna, No. 275, Latrobe. 
" William T. Colliver, P.M., Cambria, No. 278, Johnstown. 
" Benjamin F. Irving, P.M., Mountain, No. 281, Altoona. 
" Jonathan T. Leet, P.M., Juniata, No. 282, Hollidays- 

burg. 
" John M. Herbig, P.M., Bethlehem, No. 283, Bethlehem. 
" George P. Stem, W.M., Porter, No. 284, Catasauqua. 
" Clay W. Evans, P.M., Anthracite, No. 285, St. Clair. 
" Albert A. Snavely, W.M., Columbia, No. 286, Columbia. 
" William E. Lang, W.M., Milnor, No. 287, Pittsburgh. 
" Henry Gerwig, P.M., Jefferson, No. 288, Allegheny. 

Samuel J. Bredin, P.M., Orient, No. 289, Philadelphia. 
" Frederick E. Sykes, W.M., Union, No. 291, Scranton. 
" Edward P. Kingsbury, P.M., Union, No. 291, Scranton. 
" William Pendlebury, P.M., Frankford, No. 292, Phila- 
delphia. 
" James Eccles, P.M., Frankford, No. 292, Philadelphia. 
" Frank Geyer, Frankford, No. 292, Philadelphia. 
11 Harry J. Buck, P.M., Ashland, No. 294, Ashland. 
" Bmil C. Wagner, P.M., Ashland, No. 294, Ashland. 
" Samuel M. Clement, P.M., Melita, No. 295, Philadelphia. 
" Charles E. Meyer, P.M., Melita, No. 295, Philadelphia. 
" Elias M. Firth, P.M., Mitchell, No. 296, Philadelphia. 
" John Holleran, P.M., Chartiers, No. 297, Cannonsburg. 
" Andrew G. Criswell Smith, P.M., George W. Bartram 

No. 298, Media. 
" William E. Schnee, W.M., Muncy, No. 299, Muncy. 

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* Bro. Josiah C. Hall, P.M., Mount Moriah, No. 300, Hunting- 
don. 

Martin L. Shapfner, P.M., Mount Moriah, No. 300, 
Huntingdon. 

Eobert H. Thomas, P.M., Eureka, No. 302, Mechanics- 
burg. 

Lawrence M. Atkinson, S.W., Hawley, No. 305, Hawley. 

Daniel Fleisher, P.M., Trojan, No. 306, Troy. 

John M. Schonour, P.M., Williamson, No. 307, Womels- 
dorf. 

John P. S. Gobin, P.M., Williamson, No. 307, Womelsdorf. 

Milton Newberry, P.M., Fort Washington, No. 308, 
Fort Washington. 

Jeremiah T. Carpenter, P.M., Williamson, No. 309, 
Downingtown. 

Levis Eoyer, P.M., Warren, No. 310, Trappe. 

Bert Haughwout, P.M., Portland, No. 311, Portland. 

Alpheus B. Clark, P.M., Summit, No. 312, Ebensburg. 

Harry White, P.M., Indiana, No. 313, Indiana. 

Levis K. McCullough, P.M., Clearfield, No. 314, Clear- 
field. 

George B. Cole, P.M., Cumberland Valley, No. 315, Ship- 
pensburg. 

Charles M. Johnstone, P.M., McKinley, No. 318, Alle- 
gheny. 

Charles H. Smiley, P.M., Adams, No. 319, New Bloom- 
field. 

Edward E. Sponsler, P.M., Adams, No. 319, New Bloom- 
field. 

John H. Jordan, P.M., Bedford, No. 320, Bedford. 

James H. Harrison, P.M., Hailman, No. 321, Pittsburgh. 

Curtis H. Hannum, P.M., West Chester, No. 322, West 
Chester. 

George B. McCormick, West Chester, No. 322, West 
Chester. 

Thomas F. Penman, P.M., Peter Williamson, No. 323, 
Scranton. 

William Hertzler, W.M., Union, No. 324, Mifiiintown. 

Charles D. Brodhead, P.M., Barger, No. 325, Strouds- 
burg. 

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*Bro. Howard L. Hertzog, P.M., Lehigh, No. 326, Trexler- 
town. 

* " Hiram P. Kuntz, P.M., Hazle, No. 327, Hazleton. 

* <( Alva S. Keyes, P.M., Salem, No. 330, Hamlinton. 

* " Samuel L. French, P.M., Plymouth, No. 332, Plymouth. 

* " Eussel A. Thayer, P.M., Barger, No. 333, Allentown. 

* " Ambrose D. Sloan, P.M., Union, No. 334, Bradford. 

* " Frank B. Sliper, W.M., Eureka, No. 335, Montoursville. 

* " George M. Walter, P.M., Good Samaritan, No. 336, 

Gettysburg. 

* " John P. Norman, P.M., Henry M. Phillips, No. 337, Mo- 

nongahela. 

* " Frederic C. Day, W.M., Great Bend, No. 338, Great 

Bend. 

* " Frederick W. Mason, P.M., Hyde Park, No. 339, Scran- 

ton. 

* " Albert H. Thomas, P.M., Thomson, No. 340, Green Tree. 

* " John H. Bobertson, W.M., Eulalia, No. 342, Coudersport. 

* " David Light, P.M., Skerrett, No. 343, Cochranville. 

* " Abraham D. Brown, P.M., Milford, No. 344, Milford. 

* " Isadore Goodman, P.M., Schiller, No. 345, Scranton. 

* " John A. Metzger, P.M., Patmos, No. 348, Hanover. 

* " James A. Guie, "W.M., Catawissa, No. 349, Catawissa. 

* " Edward M. Haley, P.M., Bloss, No. 350, Blossburg. 

* " Andrew B. Hitchcock, P.M., Cowanesque, No. 351, Knox- 

ville. 

* " John N. Shanafelt, P.M., Lucius H. Scott, No. 352, 

Chester. 

* " Howard B. Gibson, W.M., Oxford, No. 353, Oxford. 

* " Joseph "Wandel, P.M., Sylvania, No. 354, Shickshinny. 

* " George W. Davis, P.M., Acacia, No. 355, Blairsville. 

* " Thomas L. Thomas, P.M., Mahanoy City, No. 357, Maha- 

noy City. 

* " Calvin F. Gephart, W.M., Somerset, No. 358, Somerset. 

* " Adolph Eichholz, P.M., Humboldt, No. 359, Philadelphia. 

* " Eobert H. Sollenberger, P.M., Big Spring, No. 361, 

Newville. 

* " John B. Seal, P.M., Susquehanna, No. 364, Millersburg. 

* " Charles E. B. Hunter, P.M., Eureka, No. 366, Union 

City. 

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Udaebtnaton Sesqui^centenntal anniversary 

*Bro. Jacob Nolde, P.M., Teutonia, No. 367, Eeading. 

J. Frederick Hartmann, W.M., Corinthian, No. 368, 
Philadelphia. 

Edward B. Spencer, P.M., Corinthian, No. 368, Phila- 
delphia. 

Frank E. Townsend, P.M., Williamson, No. 369, Phila- 
delphia. 

James Jarden, Jr., S.W., Williamson, No. 369, Phila- 
delphia. 

Lewis Dixon, Williamson, No. 369, Philadelphia. 

Henry V. Massey, Williamson, No. 369, Philadelphia. 

James J. Springer, Williamson, No. 369, Philadelphia, 

Harry B. Young, P.M., Mifflinburg, No. 370, Mifflinburg. 

W. Herbert M. Thompson, W.M., Lamberton, No. 371, 
Thompsontown . 

Isaac N. Grubb, P.M., Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town. 

George S. Hibbs, P.M., Lamberton, No. 371, Thompson- 
town. 

William S. Roe, P.M., Davage, No. 374, Allegheny. 

Harry Etheridge, P.M., Alliquippa, No. 375, McKeesport. 

Charles M. Johnson, P.M., McVeytown, No. 376, McVey- 
town. 

C. Penrose Dull, P.M., McVeytown, No. 376, McVey- 
town. 

James H. Marx, P.M., Huguenot, No. 377, Kutztown. 

Daniel M. Lehman, P.M., Mt. Carmel, No. 378, Mt. 
Carmel. 

Joseph S. McCreight, P.M., Elk, No. 379, Eidgway. 

Samuel D. Hawley, P.M., Pennsylvania, No. 380, Phila- 
delphia. 

Owen Roberts, Pennsylvania, No. 380, Philadelphia. 

John S. Eby, W.M., Newport, No. 381, Newport, 

David H. Spotts, P.M., Newport, No. 381, Newport. 

George G. Myer, P.M., Goddard, No. 383, Coatesville. 

Ellis H. Doan, P.M., Goddard, No. 383, Coatesville. 

Morris E. Shields, Goddard, No. 383, Coatesville. 

W. A. Park Thompson, Goddard, No. 383, Coatesville. 

Charles Peters, P.M., Richard Vaux, No. 384, Philadel- 
phia. 

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* Bro. Charles K. Beecher, P.M., Oriental, No. 385, Philadel- 
phia. 

George Long, Oriental, No. 385, Philadelphia. 

J. Clark Moore, Jr., W.M., Apollo, No. 386, Philadelphia. 

J. Hampton Moore, Apollo, No. 386, Philadelphia. 

William F. Specht, P.M., McKean, No. 388, Smethport. 

Joseph E. Lewis, P.M., McCandless, No. 390, Pittsburgh. 

William H. Denlinger, P.M., Moshannon, No. 391, Phil- 
ipsburg. 

Wallace E. Hunter, P.M., Perry, No. 392, Erie. 

Frank McSparren, P.M., Perry, No. 392, Erie. 

Charles Crane, Jr., P.M., Yaux, No. 393, Philadelphia. 

William J. Parry, W.M., Kingston, No. 395, Kingston. 

William S. Semple, P.M., Dallas, No. 396, EastoD. 

Adolph Niemeter, P.M., Ivy, No. 397, Williamsport. 

Samuel C. May, W.M., Ashara, No. 398, Marietta. 

Alfred C. Heritage, W.M., Friendship, No. 400, Jenkin- 
town. 

John Wanamaker, Friendship, No. 400, Jenkintown. 

William Field Shay, P.M., Watsontown, No. 401, Wat- 
sontown. 

Levi B. McClees, P.M., Perkins, No. 402, Philadelphia. 

Frederick Munch, P.M., Perkins, No. 402, Philadelphia. 

J. Edgar Holt, P.M., Eureka, No. 404, Northumberland. 

S. Marple Lemmon, P.M., Howell, No. 405, Honeybrook. 

William F. Burkey, P.M., Vaux, No. 406, Hamburg. 

Charles P. McCurdy, P.M., Lodge No. 408, Meadville. 

Edwin L. Lloyd, W.M., W. K. Bray, No. 410, Hatboro. 

Jacob S. Meyers, P.M., Manoquesy, No. 413, Bath. 

James W. Shannon, P.M., Elysburg, No. 414, Elysburg. 

Charles E. Eiggs, P.M., Canton, No. 415, Canton. 

James W. Aikin, P.M., Christiana, No. 417, Christiana. 

Henry J. Gideon, W.M., Wm. B. Schnider, No. 419, Phil- 
adelphia. 

James T. G. Hand, Wm. B. Schnider, No. 419, Philadel- 
phia. 

Franklin Wobensmith, Wm. B. Schnider, No. 419, Phila- 
delphia. 

Samuel G. Smyth, W.M., Fritz, No. 420, Conshohocken. 

Paul J. Edwards, W.M., Osceola, No. 421, Osceola. 
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THaasbington Sesqui^centenntal anniversary 

* Bro. Curtis W. S. Merkle, P.M., Cressona, No. 426, Cressona. 

* " "Winder Yanartsdalen, W.M., Newtown, No. 427, New- 

town. 

* " John A. Gelbach, P.M., Harmony, No. 429, Zelienople. 
Jesse K. Seright, P.M., Stuckrath, No. 430, Allegheny. 
Franklin P. Mason, P.M., Lodge No. 432, Philadelphia. 
John C. Wallace, P.M., Lodge of the Craft, No. 433, 

New Castle. 

James H. Eenninger, P.M., St. John's, No. 435, Eeading. 

William H. Brehm, W.M., Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

Harry C. Wilt, P.M., Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

Alfred K. Gregory, P.M., Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

M. Harmer Brooks, P.M., Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

Henry Fehling, Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

George Ford, Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

James N. Knipe, Mozart, No. 436, Philadelphia. 

Harry G. Kinter, P.M., Apollo, No. 437, Apollo. 

Moses Shields, Jr., P.M., Nicholson, No. 438, Nicholson. 

David McKenna, P.M., Slatington, No. 440, Slatington. 

William J. Milligan, P.M., Potter, No. 441, Philadel- 
phia. 

George J. Vandegript, P.M., Potter, No. 441, Philadel- 
phia. 

John H. Lofland, Potter, No. 441, Philadelphia. 

William W. Matos, Potter, No. 441, Philadelphia. 

Eussell E. Andreas, W.M., Landmark, No. 442, Wilkes- 
Barre. 

George W. Atherton, P.M., Mount Pisgah, No. 443, 
Green Castle. 

John M. Walton, S.W., Philo, No. 444, Philadelphia. 

J. Lee Patton, P.M., Philo, No. 444, Philadelphia. 

George P. Eupp, Philo, No. 444, Philadelphia. 

Henry A. Jenks, P.M., Mount Pickering, No. 446, Upper 
Uwchlan. 

Theodore M. Stine, P.M., Claysville, No. 447, Claysville. 

William H. Wilson, P.M., Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadel- 
phia. 

George A. Lindsay, Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadelphia. 

J. Franklin Moss, Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadelphia. 

Edgar A. Murphy, Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadelphia. 
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Bro. Howard M. Murphy, Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadelphia. 

George W. Scouler, Ivanhoe, No. 449, Philadelphia. 

Eobert Brown, W.M., Stephen Girard, No. 450, Phila- 
delphia. 

John F. Kissinger, P.M., Zeredatha, No. 451, York. 

John K. Keen, P.M., Welcome, No. 453, Philadelphia. 

Eobert H. Foerderer, Welcome, No. 453, Philadelphia. 

George Kessler, Welcome, No. 453, Philadelphia. 

John C. Scott, P.M., Eichard Yaux, No. 454, Burgetts- 
town. 

Charles Cohn, W.M., Covenant, No. 456, Philadelphia. 

William McCoach, P.M., Covenant, No. 456, Philadel- 
phia. 

James Y. Glisson, Covenant, No. 456, Philadelphia. 

Lawrence G. Singleton, W.M., St. James, No. 457, 
Beaver. 

Harry D. Eeutter, W.M., Perry, No. 458, Marysville. 

Jacob B. Shawmon, P.M., Yalley, No. 459, Masontown. 

Charles L. Brevard, P.M., Monongahela Yalley, No. 
461, Coal Centre. 

J. Simpson Kline, P.M., Knapp, No. 462, Berwick. 

Lewis E. Beitler, W.M., Eobert Burns, No. 464, Harris- 
burg. 

William M. Donaldson, P.M., Eobert Burns, No. 464, 
Harrisburg. 

Ferdinand Hesse, J.W., Hebron, No. 465, New Oxford. 

Elmer J. Barthold, P.M., Kingsbury, No. 466, Olyphant. 

George W. Moyer, P.M., Laurel, No. 467, White Haven. 

Jacob I. Shoemaker, P.M., Wyoming, No. 468, Wyoming. 

William Cope, P.M., Palestine, No. 470, Philadelphia. 

Horace W. Gage, P.M., Le Eay, No. 471, Le Eaysville. 

Jesse J. Bounds, W.M., Mount Hermon, No. 472, Union- 
dale. 

Frank B. Carpenter, P.M., Mount Hermon, No. 472, 
Uniondale. 

Franklin Bernard, P.M., Kennett, No. 475, Kennett 
Square. 

E. Hopewell Hepburn, P.M., Kennett, No. 475, Kennett 
Square. 

Eobert E. Dallas, Kennett, No. 475, Kennett Square. 
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*Bro. Sydney Z. Evans, W.M., Lamberton, No. 476, Lancas- 
ter. 

* " William Sloan, P.M., Beaver Valley, No. 478, Beaver 

Falls. 

* " Samuel A. Kochenberger, P.M., Union, No. 479, Birds- 

boro. 

* " William C. Helmbold, P.M., Noble, No. 480, Curwens- 

ville. 

* " Monsaquila Bethel, W.M., St. Paul's, No. 481, Phila- 

delphia. 
" Henry F. Volmer, St. Paul's, No. 481, Philadelphia. 

* « Norman J. Smith, W.M., Athelstan, No. 482, Philadel- 

phia. 

* " William McConway, P.M., Pittsburgh, No. 484, Pitts- 

burgh. 
" George Knox McCain, Pittsburgh, No. 484, Pittsburgh. 

* " Charles T. Moore, P.M., Glasgow, No. 485, Smith's 

Ferry. 

* " George A. Gardner, P.M., Prince Edwin, No. 486, Mid- 

dletown. 

* " William H. G. Gould, W.M., Eobert A. Lamberton, No. 

487, Philadelphia. 
" Thomas G. Crawford, Eobert A. Lamberton, No. 487, 
Philadelphia. 

* " Theodore Blair Patton, P.M., Logan, No. 490, Altoona. 
" LeBaron Eiefsneider, P.M., Logan, No. 490, Altoona. 

* " Alexander Foster, P.M., Excelsior, No. 491, Philadel- 

phia. 

* " Harvey E. Kiefaber, W.M., Crescent, No. 493, Phila- 

delphia. 

" Eichard G. Oellers, P.M., Crescent, No. 493, Philadel- 
phia. 

" William T. May, Jr., P.M., Crescent, No. 493, Philadel- 
phia. 

" Henry G. Kepler, Crescent, No. 493, Philadelphia. 

* " John K. Eay, P.M., Tyrone, No. 494, Tyrone. 
" David S. Klass, Tyrone, No. 494, Tyrone. 

* " Isaac M. Witmer, P.M., Charles M. Howell, No. 496, 

Millersville. 

* " Isaac E. La Barre, P.M., Valley, No. 499, Pittston. 

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*Bro. George N. Schofield, P.M., ¥m. C. Hamilton, No. 500, 
Philadelphia. 

" Walter Scott, P.M., Wm. C. Hamilton, No. 500, Phila- 
delphia. 

" Charles S. Clark, P.M., Wm. C. Hamilton, No. 500, 
Philadelphia. 

" George Eiler, Jr., Wm. C. Hamilton, No. 500, Philadel- 
phia. 

* " Egbert S. Magee, P.M., Biverside, No. 503, Wrights- 

ville. 

* " Joseph E. Loveland, W.M., Moscow, No. 504, Moscow. 

* " Charles W. Catlin, W.M., Liberty, No. 505, Port Alle- 

gany. 

* " Joseph H. Brown, P.M., Jerusalem, No. 506, Philadel- 

phia. 
" William G. Winder, Jerusalem, No. 506, Philadelphia. 

* " George F. Heckel, P.M., Dallas, No. 508, Pittsburgh. 

* " Frank N. Stucky, P.M., Germania, No. 509, Pittsburgh. 

* " Thomas J. Dowler, P.M., Braddock's Field, No. 510, 

Braddock. 

* " Thomas J. Davies, P.M., Shenandoah, No. 511, Shenan- 

doah. 

* " William H. Price, P.M., Quakertown, No. 512, Quaker- 

town. 

* " August Daub, P.M., Guyasuta, No. 513, Pittsburgh. 

* " Abraham S. B. Bichards, P.M., Osceola, No. 515, Osceola 

Mills. 
" Charles H. Bowland, Osceola, No. 515, Osceola Mills. 

* " Harry Ellenbogen, P.M., Mahoning, No. 516, Danville. 

* " Winpield S. Lane, P.M., Westmoreland, No. 518, Greens- 

burg. 

* " Charles C. Judd, P.M., Gothic, No. 519, Philadelphia. 

* " Oliver C. Neely, P.M., Canby, No. 520, St. Petersburg. 

* " Harry W. Bender, P.M., Everett, No. 524, Everett. 

* " W. Lawrence Kalmeyer, P.M., Ionic, No. 525, Alle- 

gheny. 

* " Uriah W. Teegarden, P.M., Stephen Bayard, No. 526, 

Elizabeth. 

* " Harrf W. Shelly, W.M., Philates, No. 527, Philadel- 

phia. 

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*Bro. George J. Burns, W.M., Mount Horeb, No. 528, Phila- 
delphia. 
- " John B. James, P.M., Mount Horeb, No. 528, Philadel- 
phia. 
* " Isaiah T. Bossert, P.M., St. Alban, No. 529, Philadelphia. 

William W. Kevan, W.M., Bellevue, No. 530, Bellevue. 

George S. Bray, W.M., George M. Dallas, No. 531, 
Dallas. 

John B. Bair, P.M., John W. Jenks, No. 534, Punxsu- 
tawney. 

Norris K. Hoffman, P.M., Oakland, No. 535, Pittsburgh. 

George B. Hamilton, P.M., Johnstown, No. 538, Johns- 
town. 

Samuel A. Hamilton, P.M., Woodbury, No. 539, Eoaring 
Spring. 

Eobert Black, P.M., Nanticoke, No. 541, Nanticoke. 

William H. Bartleman, W.M., Fernwood, No. 543, Phil- 
adelphia. 

Edward W. Patton, P.M., Fernwood, No. 543, Philadel- 
phia. 

William Lafferty, P.M., Centennial, No. 544, Carnegie. 

William C. Mackey, P.M., New London, No. 545, West 
Grove. 

William J. Carson, P.M., Duquesne, No. 546, Pittsburgh. 

J. Douglas Hipple, W.M., Beading, No. 549, Eeading. 

Henry L. Stager, P.M., Casiphia, No. 551, Mount Joy. 

Winfield S. Ferguson, P.M., Allegheny Yalley, No. 552, 
Emlenton. 

Charles S. Wagoner, P.M., Spring City, No. 553, Spring 
City. 

John M. Oates, S.W., Meyersdale, No. 554, Meyersdale. 

Hiram B. Weachter, P.M., Shiloh, No. 558, Lansdale. 

Augustus D. Gould, P.M., Eldred, No. 560, Eldred. 

Augustus F. Shick, P.M., Greenleaf, No. 561, Allentown. 

Samuel J. Zearley, P.M., Marion, No. 562, Scottdale. 

William H. Eentzheimer, P.M., Hellertown, No. 563, 
Hellertown. 

David H. Weaver, P.M., Coatesville, No. 564, Coates- 
ville. 

David H. Keller, W.M., Bangor, No. 565, Bangor. 
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* Bro. George W. Neuls, P.M., Kane, No. 566, Kane. 



William M. Eapp, P.M., Prosperity, No. 567, Eiegelsville. 

Samuel C. Wilson, P.M., La Monte, No. 568, Derry Sta- 
tion. 

John M. Eshleman, P.M., Keystone, No. 569, Parkes- 
burg. 

Isaac Mossop, P.M., Ashlar, No. 570, Wiconisco. 

Alfred W. Greenwood, P.M., Cromwell, No. 572, Or- 
bisonia. 

Thomas H. McCtttcheon, W.M., Corinthian, No. 573, Mill- 
vale Borough. 

Ealph C. Kerr, P.M., Hebron, No. 575, Mercer. 

Guy P. McCandless, P.M., Crescent, No. 576, Pittsburgh. 

J. Edward McDowell, Crescent, No. 576, Pittsburgh. 

Ealph C. Scotney, W.M., Prospect, No. 578, Moore. 

John S. Metz, P.M., Acacia, No. 579, Taylor. 

John L. Mather, W.M., Wayne, No. 581, Wayne. 

David T. Dickson, P.M., Wayne, No. 581, Wayne. 

James Simpson, W.M., Youghiogheny, No. 583, McKees- 
port. 

Charles F. Niemeyer, W.M., King Solomon, No. 584, 
Dunmore. 

Isaac M. Schellinger, P.M., Eoyersford, No. 585, Eoy- 
ersford. 

Frank W. Benedict, W.M., Acacia, No. 586, Waynesboro. 

Frank W. Paxson, W.M., Manheim, No. 587, Manheim. 

J. Francis Miller, P.M., Orient, No. 590, Wilkinsburg. 

Benjamin Metzel, P.M., Equity, No. 591, Philadelphia. 

Calvin M. Smith, P.M., Pen Argyl, No. 594, Pen Argyl. 

John P. Kline, P.M., Perkiomen, No. 595, East Green- 
ville. 

Irvin Y. Baringer, W.M., MacCalla, No. 596, Sellersville. 

Charles S. Seamans, P.M., Green Eidge, No. 597, Scran- 
ton. 

Lorenzo G. Nail, P.M., Elwood, No. 599, Elwood City. 

Frederick Merz, P.M., Tacony, No. 600, Philadelphia. 

David A. Souders, P.M., Shidle, No. 601, Irwin. 

Henry E. Seltz, P.M., Galeton, No. 602, Galeton. 

Alexander J. M. Murdoch, W.M., E. Coppee Mitchell, 
No. 605, Philadelphia. 
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Bro. Henry Hillier, E. Coppee Mitchell, No. 605, Philadel- 
phia. 
" C. Sheble Brown, W.M., Badiant Star, No. 606, Phila- 
delphia. 

Thomas J. S. Nicely, W.M., Olivet, No. 607, Philadelphia. 

Marvin M. Eavenson, P.M., Olivet, No. 607, Philadelphia. 

James Morrison, Jr., P.M., Olivet, No. 607, Philadelphia. 

William Neely, P.M., Olivet, No. 607, Philadelphia. 

Fred B. Davis, Olivet, No. 607, Philadelphia. 

E. Laurence Fell, Olivet, No. 607, Philadelphia. 

John D. Mars, P.M., Joppa, No. 608, Pittsburgh. 

Frank Jarrett, P.M., Progress, No. 609, Philadelphia. 

J. Bird Moyer, W.M., University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 

George W. Kendrick, 3d, P.M., University, No. 610, 
Philadelphia. 

Miirdock Kendrick, P.M., University, No. 610, Phila- 
delphia. 

William H. Felton, University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 

James M. Lingle, University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 

Louis Volmer, University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 

Frederick E. Wagner, University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 

Charles E. Wolbert, University, No. 610, Philadelphia. 

John W. Bischopf, P.M., Arbutus, No. 611, Freeland. 

Otto T. Marowsky, P.M., Tyrian, No. 612, Wilmerding. 

John F. Laird, P.M., Charleroi, No. 615, Charleroi. 

Clark W. Brown, P.M., Hiram, No. 616, Altoona. 

Milton E. Uncapher, P.M., Kiskiminetas, No, 617, Van- 
dergrift. 

John F. Stetler, S.W., Middleburg, No. 619, Middleburg. 

Oliver F. Lenhardt, W.M., Norristown, No. 620, Norris- 
town. 

Ira E. Seidle, W.M., Lehighton, No. 621, Lehighton. 

Frank Huth, W.M., Whitfield, No. 622, Nazareth. 

Charles B. Ruch, W.M., Sunset, No. 623, Washington. 

Joseph B. Alloway, W.M., Henry W. Williams, No. 624, 
Philadelphia. 

John T. Brittingham, W.M., Concord, No. 625, Concord- 
ville. 

Ethan Allen Weaver, unaffiliated. 

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The following Brethren from other Jurisdictions 
were present : 

Bro. J. Eidgway Fell, P.M., Trenton, No. 5, Trenton, New 
J ersey. 

William G. Moore, W.M, Haddonfield, No. 130, Haddon- 
field, New Jersey. 

Henry D. Moore, P.M., Haddonfield, No. 130, Haddonfield 

New Jersey. 
Charles A. Beach, Apollo, No. 13, Troy, New York 
Frank David McLain, Old Erie, No. 3, Warren, Ohio 
William F. Schensley, St. Mark's, No. 102, Glasgow, Scot- 
land. 

Henry L. Turner, P.M., Atlantic, No. 2, Norfolk, Virginia 
Joseph Wilson Range, Temple, No. 42, Cheney, Washing- 
Grand Lodge was honored by the presence of the 
following visiting Brethren : 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 

His Excellency Bro. Theodore Eoosevelt, 

Matinecock, No. 806, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 
THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

His Excellency Bro. William A. Stone, 

Allegheny, No. 223, Allegheny City. 
ARIZONA. 

Bro. Benjamin Titus, 

Coronada, No. 8, Clifton, 

M. W. Past Grand Master. 

ARKANSAS. 

Bro. Harry H. Myers, 

Brinkley, No. 295, Brinkley, 

M. W. Grand Master. 

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CON NECTICUT. 



Bro. Arthur C. Wheeler, 

St. John's, No. 6, Norwalk, 

M. W. Grand Master. 



Bro. Leon M. Woodford, 

Shepherd, No. 78, Naugatuck, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. 
Bro. John H. Barlow, 

King Hiram, No 12, Derhy, 

M. W. Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary. 



Bro. Harry J. Guthrie, 

Lafayette, No. 14, Wilmington, 
M. W. Grand Master. 



DELAWARE. 

Bro. Charles H. Maull, 

Jefferson, No. 15, Lewes, 
R. W. Deputy Grand Master. 



Bro. Walter S. Letherbury, 

Union, No. 5, Middletown, 
R. W. Senior Grand Warden. 

Bro. William L. Harmann, 

Corinthian, No. 20, Wilmington, 

R. W. Grand Treasurer. 
Bro. J. Harmer Rile, 

Temple, No. 11, Wilmington, 
M. W. Past Grand Master. 

Bro. Lewis B. Morrow, 

Temple, No. 11, Wilmington, 

R. W. Past Grand Treasurer. 



Bro. Isaac S. Warren, 

Gethsemane, No. 28, Reliance, 
R. W. Junior Grand Warden. 

Bro. Benjamin F. Bartram, 

Lafayette, No. 14, Wilmington, 

R. W. Grand Secretary. 
Bro. George Massey Jones, 

Union, No. 7, Dover, 

M. W. Past Grand Master. 
Rev. Bro. Lewis H. Jackson, 

Eureka, No. 23, Wilmington, 

R. W. Past Deputy Grand Mas- 
ter and Chairman of Com. on 
Correspondence. 



Bro. George H. Walker, 

Hiram, No. 10, Washington, 

R. W. Deputy Grand Master. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Bro. Geo. Washington Baird, 

Hope, No. 20, Washington, 

M. W. Past Grand Master and 
Chairman of Com. on For- 
eign Correspondence. 



Deputation from Potomac Lodge, No. 5, Washington. 

Rev. Bro. Stanley Billheimer, Bro. Charles T. Lindsey, 
Worshipful Master. Senior Deacon. 

Bro. Henry G. Wagner. 
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IDAHO. 

I Bro. David F. Mason, 

Kootenai, No. 24, Cceur d'Alene, 
M. W. Grand Master. 

MARYLAND. 

Bro. Thomas J. Shryock, Bro. J. Clement Clark, 

Waverly, No. 152, Baltimore, Nanticoke, No. 172, Federalsburg, 

M. W. Grand Master. E. W. Junior Grand Warden. 

Bro. Peter E. Tome, Bro. John M. Carter, 

Patapsco, No. 183, Sparrow's Point, Fidelity, No. 136, Baltimore, 

E. W. Grand Treasurer. M. W. Past Grand Master. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Bro. Charles T. Gallagher, 

St. Paul's, Boston, 

M. W. Grand Master. 

MISSOURI. 

Bro. John C. Yocum, 

Temple, No. 299, Kansas City, 
M. W. Grand Master. 

NEBRASKA. 

Bro. Frank E. Bullard, 

Platte Valley, No. 32, North Platte, 

E. W. Deputy Grand Master. 

NEW JERSEY. 

Bro. W. Holt Apgar, Bro. John H. Wilkins, 

Trenton, No. 5, Trenton, Oriental, No. 51, Newark, 

M. W. Grand Master. E. W. Deputy Grand Master. 

Bro. Benjamin F. "Wakefield, Bro. Walter Chandler, 

Enterprise, No. 48, Jersey City, Orient, No. 126, Elizabeth, 

E. W. Senior Grand Warden. E. W. Junior Grand Warden. 
Bro. Thomas H. E. Eedway, Bro. Charles H. Mann, 

Union, No. 19, New Brunswick, Haddonfield, No. 130, Haddonfield, 

E. W. Grand Secretary. M. W. Past Grand Master. 

Bro. Charles H. Belcher, Bro. Josiah W. Ewan, 

Newark, No. 7, Newark, Mount Holly, No. 14, Mount Holly, 

M. W. Past Grand Master and M. W. Past Grand Master. 
Chairman of Com. on For- 
eign Correspondence. 

Bro. J. Franklin Fort, 

Hope, No. 124, East Orange. 
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NEW YORK. 

Bro. John W. Vrooman, Et. Rev. Bro. Henry Codman 

Herkimer, No. 423, Herkimer, PoTTER, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L., 

M. W. Past Grand Master. Kane> No . 454> New Yo rk, 

Past Grand Chaplain. 

Bro. Stewart L. Woodford, Bro. William L. Swan, 

Formerly of Continental, No. 287, New Matinecock, No. 806, Oyster Bay, 

York - Past Master. 

Past Master. 

Bro. William Loeb, Jr., 

Wentworth, No. 417, Albany. 
Deputation from St. John's Lodge, No. i, New York. 

Bro. Frank W. Silkman, Bro. Alexander B. Corbet, 

Senior Warden. Secretary. 

Bro. George H. Phillips. 
B. W. Past District Deputy Grand Master. 

QUEBEC. 

Bro. Edward T. D. Chambers, 

St. Andrew's, No. 6, Quebec, 
M. W. Past Grand Master and Chairman of Com. on Corre- 
spondence. 

VERMONT. 

Bro. Everett C. Benton, 

Benton, No. 88, Guild Hall, 
District Deputy Grand Master, 16th District. 

VIRGINIA. 

Bro. H. Oscar Kerns, Bro. Kosciusko Kemper, 

Peyton Coles, No. 54, Sutherlin, Alexandria- Washington, No. 22, 

M. W. Grand Master. Alexandria, 

R. W. Grand Junior Warden. 

Deputation from Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, Fredericksburg. 

Bro. William H. Htjrcamp, Bro. Maurice Hirsh, 

Worshipful Master. Senior Warden. 

Bro. Silvanus J. Quinn, 

Secretary. 

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Deputation from Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22, Alexandria. 

Bro. John F. Birrell, Bro. Robert W. Arnold, 

Worshipful Master. Senior Warden. 

Bro. Henry F. Charles, 
Junior Warden. 

The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form at 
12 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m., the Right Worshipful 
Grand Master using the Washington gavel. The 
Chorus sang, " Hear our prayer, O Lord, we beseech 
Thee," and Grand Chaplain, Reverend Brother James 
W. Robins, D.D., offered the following 

PRAYER 

O Almighty and Eternal God, Supreme Architect 
of Heaven and Earth, unto whom all hearts are open, 
all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, 
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of 
Thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and 
worthily magnify Thy Holy Name. 

We come into Thy Presence acknowledging our de- 
pendence upon Thy goodness, and invoking Thy bless- 
ing upon our labor. Let the words of our lips and the 
meditation of our hearts be always acceptable in Thy 
sight, O Lord, our Strength and our Redeemer. 

We bless Thy Holy Name for all those Thy servants, 
who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest 
from their labors : especially for him whom we this day 
commemorate. We thank Thee that, in Thy wise 
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ginning a man so fitted to be its Leader, its Guide, 
and its Protector, and to lay the foundations of free 
government in this land. May we ever venerate his 
name, imitate his virtues, and walk in the path of his 
example. 

Bless, O Lord, our country ; and grant that peace 
and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, 
may be established among us for all generations. 
Especially regard with Thy favor the President of the 
United States, the Governor of this State, and all 
others in authority ; and so rule their hearts that they, 
knowing whose ministers they are, may above all things 
seek Thy honor and glory ; and that we, and all the 
people, duly considering whose authority they bear, 
may faithfully and obediently honor them, according 
to Thy blessed Word and ordinance. 

We commend to Thee, O Lord, the Fraternity of 
Freemasons in this and all the Jurisdictions of this 
land, and throughout the world. May all the Brethren 
of the Craft be good men and true, and live in ac- 
cordance with the principles of morality and religion 
which are taught within the Lodge ! 

Thou hast promised to those who are assembled in 
Thy Name that Thou wilt grant their requests : Fulfil 
now, O Lord and Great Master, for the sake of Thy 
Holy Name, the desires and petitions of Thy servants, 
as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in 
this world knowledge of Thy truth, and in the world 
to come life everlasting. 

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And now unto the King, Eternal, Immortal, In- 
visible, the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

The Chorus then sang the following 

ODE TO THE GRAND MASTER 

Hail ! our Grand Master true, 

We welcome him this day : 
To him all honor due, 

We Brethren ever pay. 
For him all strength we ask, 
To well perform his task ; 
G-od bless him while his life shall last, 

With thankful hearts we pray. 

The Brethren then sang, " With one consent let all 
the earth," to Old Hundredth. 

The Right Worshipful Grand Master, Brother 
Edgar A. Tennis, delivered the following 

ADDRESS OF WELCOME 

The introduction of Freemasonry into America and 
the birth of Washington had nearly a contempora- 
neous date. The annals of the Fraternity give no 
account of regularly organized Lodges in this country 
until the third decade of the eighteenth century, and 
in its second year George Washington was born. 

For the record of his natal day we are indebted to 

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no heraldic college, no public register, but the old 
family Bible of his ancestors is still preserved, and 
there, in the handwriting of his mother, is found the 
date of February 11, 1732 (O.8.). 

To Washington's mother has been also accorded, 
and is no doubt due, the credit of so directing the 
mental, moral, and religious character of his youth as 
to give an exalted tone to every action of his after life, 
and early in his history to fit him to pass through the 
Mystic Rites of Masonry, which he did in the presence 
of a chosen band of Brethren in Fredericksburg Lodge 
before he was yet twenty-one, and before they knew 
that the newly made Brother would win, in after years, 
a nation's honor, gratitude, and love ; and that, when a 
century and a half had passed, the anniversary of his 
initiation would be celebrated as a national Masonic 
event; but the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, ever 
watchful and appreciative, resolved, at their Annual 
Grand Communication in December last, that inasmuch 
as " our records show cordial and fraternal relations 
with our illustrious Brother Washington, the foremost 
American citizen, and the first President of the United 
States," we " celebrate the One Hundred and Fiftieth 
Anniversary of the Initiation of George Washington 
into the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of 
Free and Accepted Masons, with suitable ceremonies, 
in the Masonic Temple in the City of Philadelphia, 
and recommend similar celebrations by the Lodges 
throughout the Jurisdiction." 



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In accordance with that resolution we are assembled 
to-day, and I am happy in the privilege accorded me 
of welcoming to this anniversary occasion and to the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, my Masonic Brethren 
who have come hither in response to our invitation. 

Masonry regards all men as upon the level, and 
deems the son of the prince no better than the son of 
the peasant, unless he has personal qualities to make 
him pre-eminent. That Washington, the statesman, 
soldier, and Mason, possessed these qualities is accepted 
by all who have an eye to see, a heart to feel, and a 
mind to understand. To look upon such a character 
will be an inspiration for us to-day, and be prophetic 
of greater achievements in the sphere of human energy 
and moral endeavor. 

It is also the part of wisdom for a fraternity to bring 
into closer contact with all its members the person of 
him who has served it by serving his nation and man- 
kind, and to present to their conscientious regard one 
who, with imperial fulness, has been the embodiment 
of its principles and virtues in the home, the commu- 
nity, and the State. 

The name Washington is embalmed not only in the 
history of the nation, but of mankind. His work, after 
the passing of years, is a potent force for the enrichment 
of humanity and the enlargement of political freedom. 
His influence is the property of the world, the legacy of 
all those who love liberty or who are struggling to attain 
the birthright of independence and broader citizenship. 

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But his fame is the sacred trust of Masonry. His 
name is inscribed on our imperishable records ; it is 
written in letters of gold on our Royal Arch, and has 
been dowered and knighted with the enduring title of 
Brother and Companion. 

In youth he trod the tessellated floor of the Tem- 
ple and passed beyond the veils for fuller light; in 
maturer age he acknowledged the high relationship ; 
and, in the strength and decline of years, he deemed 
it an honor to take part in the moral enterprises 
and solemnities of our society. Our Fraternity was 
to Washington a kindly refuge. He sought its calm 
retreat amid the anxieties and responsibilities of war 
and the administrations of government. 

Its ministries of peace and brotherhood brought 
tranquillity to his troubled spirit, and loosened the 
burdens that weighed him down. It had in it the 
Temple towards which he ever turned and through 
whose opened veils there came a light to guide and 
a voice to hush discordant forces into the harmony 
of repose. 

But besides the Temple of Peace there was also 
the Temple of Work. If he wielded the mallet to 
guide and control, he wielded the trowel to build up 
and cement the carved stones of the fair structure. 
On the field where battle had been fought, he raised 
a Lodge, a veritable tabernacle in the wilderness, to 
show that peace was the issue he sought. And when 
the long war was ended, and peace had come to the 

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land and the waves of human passion had stilled them- 
selves into calm, he was Washington, the Brother 
in Masonry, no less than Washington, the Patriot 
and Soldier. 

Sleeping under the shadow of a century, he is not 
dead, but walks a power through the land to inspire a 
higher patriotism, to call the citizens to a truer life, 
and to unite the people in one hope, in one destiny, 
and in the moral grandeur which shall make our nation 
endure until all nations shall blend in that kingdom 
of God which is immortal. 

" He is Dot dead, whose glorious mind 
Lifts thine on high ; 
To live in hearts we leave behind 
Is not to die." 

Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Napoleon ; alas ! how 
vain is the greatness of this world unaccompanied by 
that virtue which is taught in all the lessons of Free- 
masonry ! How painful is the gift of genius if it be 
abused! Contrast the life-work of these giants with 
the Brother we delight to honor, and ask, — 

" Shall the name of Washington ever be heard 
By a Freeman, and thrill not his breast ? 
Is there one out of bondage that hails not the word 
As the Bethlehem Star of the West ?" 

While Masonry regards no man for his mere worldly 
wealth and honors, she does teach, as a cardinal civil 

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virtue, loyalty to the State, cheerful conformity to the 
government under which he lives, and dignified respect 
to the constitutional Executive of our State and of 
our common country. Honored as we are to-day by 
the presence of the Chief Executive of the nation 
founded by Washington, it is with peculiar pride that 
I assure him of the sympathy and moral weight of 
sixty thousand faithful, intelligent Masons, reaching 
from the Delaware to the Ohio of our Jurisdiction, and 
to pledge him their hearty co-operation to make his 
administration redound to the honor and glory of the 
people, the maintenance of the Constitution, and the 
preservation of the Union. 

We welcome him to this Temple, the home of the 
oldest Grand Lodge on the Western Hemisphere, and 
to the celebration of the sesqui-centennial anniversary 
of the initiation of his honored predecessor. 

We appreciate the presence of the Chief Executive 
of our great Commonwealth, and welcome him on 
behalf of his Masonic constituency. 

To the Grand Master of Virginia, the Jurisdiction 
of which Washington was a member, and the first 
Jurisdiction to charter a subordinate body ; to the 
Grand Master of Massachusetts, the second Grand 
Lodge chartered by constituted authority of a Provin- 
cial Grand Master, and the first Jurisdiction to name 
a subordinate Lodge after Washington ; to the Grand 
Master of New Jersey, the home of our first Pro- 
vincial Grand Master ; to the Grand Master of Dela- 

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ware, one of the smallest^ numerically speaking, of our 
Jurisdictions, but generous in all other respects ; to 
the Grand Master of Maryland, a Jurisdiction of our 
creating and of which we are justly proud; to the 
Grand Masters of each of the Jurisdictions repre- 
sented, together with those accompanying you ; to the 
several Committees bringing with them the Bible, 
gavel, etc., used by Washington : and, lastly, to the 
true and tried Brethren of our own Jurisdiction, I ex- 
tend a most cordial, fraternal, and heartfelt welcome 
to our ceremonies. 

Brother Charles T. Gallagher, Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, made the 
following 

REPLY ON BEHALF OF THE VISITING GRAND 
OFFICERS 

Eight Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren. 

and our Honored Guest the President of 

the United States : 
The cordial and hospitable welcome extended by 
you, Bight Worshipful Sir, in behalf of your Grand 
Lodge to the representatives of Sister Grand Lodges, 
cannot fail to arouse in every heart a warmth of re- 
sponse that can be but ill concealed in the embarra.s-.- 
ment of attempting to make expression in set form of 
words ; and which, but for your interdiction of applause, 

would be so demonstrative a3 to make mv response 
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seem tame, indeed. Within the memory of my own 
age, the hospitality of your State and this City of 
Brotherly Love, extended to the soldier from the 
North going forth to the victory or death of the Civil 
War, or returning from it with his shield, or borne on 
a bed of pain and suffering, has been proverbial, and 
made remembrance of you a household word in every 
soldier's family ; the generous treatment accorded the 
people of this and other lands during the Centennial 
Exposition of 1876 is within the memory of all, while 
the fraternal greetings and knightly courtesies invoked 
by repeated pilgrimages to your shrine are still warm 
in the memories of the Craft, and give to your Juris- 
diction pre-eminently the right to welcome Masons and 
Masonry at so important an anniversary as this. But 
not alone the felicity and character of your reception, 
but also the high standard adopted and maintained in 
your Jurisdiction in Masonic matters, its reverence of 
the Landmarks, its ritual, its principles, its traditions, 
and its history, warrant abundantly the opinion that 
all feel who have accepted, in such generous numbers, 
the invitation extended by you to them. 

However unworthy may be the instrument that 
chance has selected to respond in behalf of the appre- 
ciative hearts that are warmed to your outstretched 
hand of benevolence, one cannot fail to detect an ap- 
propriateness in selecting as sponsor for your visitors 
the old Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, the senior in 

point of service of the bodies called to your home ; the 

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vexed question of difference between us as to priority 
of charters being one which a guest shall not with pro- 
priety discuss : the charter granted to Henry Price 
as Provincial Grand Master in 1733, which resulted in 
establishing the St. John's Lodge in Boston, gave juris- 
diction over all North America to establish Lodges ; 
and as thus, indirectly from successive charters, new 
Lodges and Grand Lodges grew as stems from the 
parent tree, the shoots being planted and transplanted, 
we may appropriately say to-day that Massachusetts, 
in thus responding to your felicitous address, answers 
for many of her children, her grandchildren, her de- 
scendants of the half-blood, and even her collateral 
kindred, as well as for the stranger within your gates. 

Equally appropriate may it be for the City of Bos- 
ton to respond to a city that vies with her in the honor 
of claiming a Masonic Franklin, that name so inti- 
mately associated with him whom we this day honor, 
whose staff in civil life was no less potent than the 
sword of Washington in war. 

Equally appropriate, too, that that centre, which 

before and during the war of the Revolution mingled 

so much of Masonry with its patriotic zeal, should be 

thus honored on an occasion that links its life so 

closely with the military and Masonic life of him 

whose anniversary we this day celebrate. It was in 

the argument of James Otis, a Brother Mason of 

Barnstable Lodge, against the Writs of Assistance, 

that Independence and Liberty were born ; of the 

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Committee of Safety, to whom alone the designs of the 
British should be discovered, John Hancock, Joseph 
Warren, and Paul Revere were Masons, all being 
later Grand Masters of our Grand Lodge ; Paul Re- 
vere, known of by every school-boy, who rode through 
" Middlesex village and farm, for the country folk to 
be up and to arm," chose to assist him in hanging the 
" lanterns aloft in the belfry arch of the North Church 
Tower, one if by land and two if by sea," John Pul- 
ling, a member of Marblehead Lodge, while Joseph 
Warren selected William Dawes, another Mason, 
to perform the same errand as Revere, across country, 
from Roxbury ; John Hancock gave his fortune to 
the cause of the Colonies ; and Joseph Warren, being 
at the time Grand Master of Masons, gave his life in 
the struggle for liberty at Bunker Hill, the fatal shot 
being fired across breastworks laid out by Richard 
Gridley as civil engineer, who took part in the battle, 
and at the time was Deputy Grand Master of Masons. 
From the Lodge-room of St. Andrew at the Green 
Dragon Tavern, " that nest where patriot plots were 
hatched," the disguises of Indians were assumed by 
the greater part of those who threw the hated tea into 
the tide, and the records of that Lodge, which at one 
place bear the laconic statement, " Consignees of Tea 
took the brethren's time," contain in the margin of 
the records for that active evening numerous capital 
T's, significantly placed there by the Recording Secre- 
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otic scenes, resultant from them, that George Wash- 
ington came to assume command of the Colonial army 
under the historic elm at Cambridge opposite the 
Alma Mater of our distinguished guest ; it needed not 
the slow growth of confidence to enable Washington 
to know and try these men, for he found already those 
" to whom the burdened heart could pour out its sor- 
rows," " to whom distress could prefer its suit," with 
whom friendships and confidences existed at once with 
the hand-clasp, and with whom co-operation and action 
were immediate. 

The orator and the historian have so repeatedly 
traced the parallel, the connection, and the close rela- 
tion of Masonry with the formation of our government, 
that a single suggestion may suffice to recall it to your 
attention ; how intimately were they associated can be 
assumed when we consider that all of Washington's 
generals, a majority, at least, of both the signers of *, 
the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitu- 
tional Convention, were of our Institution; and the 
bond which "formed friendships and established con- 
nections" between the Masonic patriots of Boston and 
the great name which we this day invoke, may indeed 
with propriety be renewed on this day. 

And so, coming from that Jurisdiction, as its repre- 
sentative, in behalf of the assembled Grand Lodges 
here, I extend, in response to your princely welcome, 
a most earnest and appreciative expression of thanks. 
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Grand Lodge flourish, may its numbers increase, may 
its members prosper, and may happiness abound ; and 
when your guests return to their respective Juris- 
dictions each shall there place on its records, so in- 
delibly inscribed as to be the last erased, its memorial 
of this most fitting celebration of a most glorious an- 
niversary. 

In January, 1800, immediately after the death of 
George Washington, which occurred in December, 
1799, Samuel Dunn, Grand Master of Masons in 
Massachusetts, received from Martha Washington, 
accompanied by a letter from Tobias Lear, Washing- 
ton's secretary, a lock of the hair of that immortal 
patriot ; intimately associated with this presence, I 
hope I may be pardoned if I assume to have thought it 
meet that it should grace the occasion where your 
comprehensive exhibit of Washingtoniana forms so 
interesting a feature ; but I bring it, with all its hal- 
lowed associations, in its original receptacle, an urn of 
solid gold, with the inscription on it, and the mahogany 
casket in which it is contained,* all fashioned by the 
hand of Paul Revere, that " curious artificer and 
scientific worker in metals" as well as in Masonry and 
public matters ; remaining in the custody of Grand 
Master Dunn during the years of 1800-1802, it was by 
him transmitted to his successor with a solemn charge 
as to its sacred custody and care, which has been re- 

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peated with appropriate ceremonials to each Grand 
Master from then until it came to my hands in the 
year 1900 ; thus authenticated, it appears before you a 
priceless relic ; worshipped by the fathers as coming 
from that noble head which a more imaginative people 
would have beautified with the halo of a saint, but 
which, without, was still to them illumined with an 
effulgence that might well be likened to the glory of 
the Shekinah, whose generous rays should beckon them 
out of the house of bondage and direct their paths to- 
wards the temple of happiness and the promised land 
of liberty. As this was to our fathers, so may it be to 
us and to our children's children, an inspiration to 
patriotism, loyalty, and nobility of character, to higher 
thoughts and aims, to a fervent renewal of our obliga- 
tions, and the inculcating of the teachings and practice 
of our cardinal virtues and the tenets of our profession 
as Masons. When the memory of that light shall 
fail, then, indeed, may we fear for the strength of our 
Institution, and that our liberties are, indeed, endan- 
gered. As was said of William the Silent and fervently 
quoted of another beloved ruler till within but a little 
more than a year past so closely tied to us as a brother, 
" He lived, the faithful ruler of a brave people, and 
when he died, children cried in the streets." Nature 
kindly ordained that the name of Washington should 
not be sullied by descendants, for he left no issue ; 
"but Heaven left him childless that all the Nation 
might call him father." 

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The Orchestra then played The Palms. 

The Right Worshipful Grand Master then addressed 
Grand Lodge as follows : 



Brethren of the Grand Lodge: 

Masonry, with its wide mantle of the pure principles 
of Universal Fraternity, Charity, and Love, honors all 
who may be fortunate enough to receive the unani- 
mous approval of the Brethren. 

So, too, in its turn, Masonry is honored by having 
numbered among its membership " the greatest, the 
noblest, in the land." It is a custom to wait until 
a man has " passed into the Great Beyond" before 
we extol or even mention his virtues. This custom 
should, in my opinion, be the " more honored in 
the breach than in the observance." While living 
among us, those who deserve should receive com- 
mendation. 

With these thoughts in view, I am now to perform 
that which to me is, in a personal as well as an official 
sense, a pleasant duty, in presenting to you our distin- 
guished guest, a worthy successor of illustrious prede- 
cessors, who from Brother Washington to Brother 
McKinley have graced the Chief Executive office of 
our country. I know that, in speaking from my heart 
as I do, I but voice your sentiments in saying, " We 
love, honor, and respect him not only as our Chief 
Magistrate, but as a man and a Mason." 

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Brethren will follow the Grand Marshal in giving 
Grand Honors to Brother Theodore Roosevelt, 
President of the United States. 

The President of the United States, Brother Theo- 
dore Roosevelt, then received the salutations of the 
Craft. 

Brother Roosevelt addressed Grand Lodge : 

FREEMASONRY AND CITIZENSHIP 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren : 
No man could fail to be sensible of the honor of ad- 
dressing a body like this on an occasion like this. 
I should think that every man and Mason would be a 
better man for having been here to-day. I thank you, 
indeed, for having given me the chance to be present. 
It seems to me that what this country needs more than 
anything else is to practise — not to preach only, but to 
practise — the virtues realized in the career of the great- 
est Mason that ever lived, — Washington, — and pay to 
his memory the homage of deeds, not merely words. 

One of the things that attracted me so greatly to 
Masonry, that I hailed the chance of becoming a 
Mason, was that it really did act up to what we, as a 
government and as a people, are pledged to, — of treat- 
ing each man on his merits as a man. When Brother 
George Washington went into a Lodge of the Fra- 
ternity he went into the one place in the United States 
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their official position in the Lodge. He went into the 
place where the idea of our government was realized 
as far as it is humanly possible for mankind to real- 
ize a lofty ideal. And I know that you will not only 
understand me, but sympathize with me, when I say 
that, great though my pleasure is in being here as your 
guest in this beautiful Temple, and in meeting such a 
body of men as this is that I am now addressing, I 
think my pleasure is even greater when going into 
some little Lodge, where I meet the plain, hard-work- 
ing men, — the men who work with their hands, — and 
meet them on a footing of genuine equality, not false 
equality, of genuine equality conditioned upon each 
man being a decent man, a fair-dealing man. 

Each one of us naturally is interested especially in 
life as he sees it from his own stand-point. Each 
one of us that is worth his salt is trying to do his share 
in working out the problems that are before all of us 
now at the beginning of the twentieth century. Any 
man in public life, whatever his position be, if he is 
interested at heart, has the desire to do some kind of 
substantial service for his country. He must realize 
that the indispensable prerequisite of success under our 
institutions is genuineness in the spirit of brotherhood. 

Masonry should make, and must make, each man 
who conscientiously and understandingly takes its ob- 
ligations, a fine type of American citizenship, because 
Masonry teaches him his obligations to his fellows in 
practical fashion. It is a good thing to read the 

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Declaration of Independence every Fourth of July ; 
it is a good thing to talk of what Washington and 
his fellows did for us ; but what counts is how we live 
up to the lessons that we read or that we speak of. 
The lesson of brotherhood, first and foremost, is to 
learn that lesson with a full heart on the one hand, 
and without a weak head on the other. The lesson of 
brotherhood — that is the lesson that has to be taught 
and to be learned and applied to us as a people, if we 
are to solve the great industrial and social problems of 
to-day. If we could get wage-workers and employers 
in any given occupation or in any given district in a 
Lodge together, I would guarantee the result ; I would 
guarantee what would happen. Is not that true ? Do 
you not think so ? (Cries of " Yes, yes.") Exactly, 
and I would guarantee it, because if that thing hap- 
pened we would come into the Lodge, all of us, each 
wanting to do what was good for his Brother ; each 
recognizing that in our government every man of us 
has to be his brother's keeper ; not recognizing it in 
any spirit of foolish emotionalism ; not under the im- 
pression that you can benefit your brother by some act 
of weak, yielding complacency that will be a curse to 
him (and of course to you). That is not the way to 
benefit him. Masonry teaches us in this direction, and 
makes us care for the Brethren that stumble and fall, 
and for the wives and little ones of those who are 
beaten down in the harsh battle of life. Of all things, 
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any obstacles. It does not teach us that life can some- 
how be made soft and easy for every one. It cannot 
be. For many of us life is going to be very hard. 
For each one of us who does anything it is going to 
have hard stretches in it. If he does not put himself 
in the way to encounter, to overcome them, he won't 
do anything that is worthy of being done. 

Masonry teaches and fosters in the man the qualities 
of self-respect and self-help, — the qualities that make 
a man fit to stand by himself, — and yet it must foster 
in every one who appreciates it as it should be appre- 
ciated the beautiful and solemn ritual — it must foster 
in him a genuine feeling for the rights of others and 
for the feelings of others ; and Masons who help one 
another help in a way that is free from that curse of 
help, patronizing condescension. I think a good many 
of us would rather be wronged than patronized ; would 
rather suffer injustice than endure condescension. 
Help given in a spirit of arrogance does not benefit 
either the giver or the receiver. Help given as an 
irksome duty may possibly do some good to the man 
that helps, but it is not likely to do so to the man that 
is helped. Help must be given rationally, with a feel- 
ing of cordial good-will that comes when a man helps 
another knowing perfectly well that the chance may 
come when it may be necessary for him to accept help. 

Now, in our life of to-day, in our great complex 

industrial centres, what do we need most ? We need 

most each to understand the other's view-point; to 

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understand that the other man is at bottom like him- 
self. Each one of us should understand that and try 
to approach any subject at issue, any problem that 
arises, with the firm determination not to be weak, not 
to be foolish, — that is not being helpful to your brother. 
Weakness and folly and timidity are not helpful to 
your neighbor. Timid endurance of wrong-doing may 
often be to commit the greatest evil that one possibly 
can commit against one's fellows ; but while acknowl- 
edging that, while insisting upon it that there shall be 
no yielding to wrong, yet it is ever necessary to re- 
member that you cannot appreciate the rights of the 
case until you are able to see and understand how your 
neighbor looks at it, how he is affected by it. 

You take any Lodge where, as is the case in our own 
little Lodge, you see the capitalist and wage-worker, 
men of all classes, men of every kind of social position 
and wealth, and see them meeting together with the 
feeling for one another that should always go with 
Masonry ; when one sees a Lodge such as that, a meet- 
ing such as that, one sees how a certain small fragment 
of our industrial problem is being solved. 

It is not possible to have the ideal that I would like 

to have ; to have, as I said, all of the best of all classes 

and creeds represented in Masonry in every district ; 

but it is possible for each of us to go out into the world 

trying to apply in his dealing with his fellows the 

lessons of Masonry as they are taught in the Lodge, 

and as they are applied in the Brotherhood. And so 

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we can practically learn from Washington how to 
deal with the problems of to-day, if we take his 
career not as a subject for formal eulogy, not as a 
subject for an academic intellectual exercise, but as a 
living truth in our hearts and in our souls, to be acted 
upon and to be remembered in all our dealings with 
our fellow-men. I know how hard it is to talk of his 
career without seeming in a sense to use cant expres- 
sions. It is one of the inevitable tendencies in dealing 
with the name and record of any great man to use con- 
, ventional expressions, because we are speaking of ele- 
mentary virtues, and the very fact that the virtues are 
elementary, and there is need to practise them every 
day and every hour, makes it difficult to talk of them 
in language that shall not seem commonplace. 

It was not Washington's genius alone that made 
him the great man of all time. Your Right Worship- 
ful Grand Master spoke of four of the great colossal 
world figures, — of Alexander, the Conqueror ; of the 
career of Hannibal, the mightiest warrior of the ages ; 
of Gesar, and of Napoleon, each of whom combined 
in a wonderful degree the career of emperor, ruler, and 
law-giver. Great men ; but thrice fortunate the nations 
that number no one of them among its men ! Great 
men, who loom ever larger through the ages ; but well 
it is for us that we see their figures in the mists that 
loom across the seas ! Great men ; but greater far was 
Washington ; greater far was that man who should 

have been a Mason, — Abraham Lincoln ! Great men 

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were our heroes, because our heroes had it in them to 
prefer their fellow-men to themselves, to prefer the 
state to their own ambition, to their own fancied or real 
well-being ; because our heroes were heroes for us 
primarily, and not for themselves. We are not going 
to have the chance, any of us, to do work that remotely 
approaches the work done by them ; but each of us has 
his work, and accordingly as in the aggregate all of 
us do or do not do our several tasks in the spirit in 
which Washington and Lincoln did theirs, accord- 
ingly as that is done or not done will this nation suc- 
ceed or fail in the century which has opened before us. 
Washington and Lincoln ! Washington, who, 
when he came into a Lodge of Free and Accepted 
Masons, came in on exact equality with any humble 
farmer or mechanic or any one else who was in that 
Lodge ; Washington, the Virginia country gentleman, 
the gentleman of good standing, the man brought up 
to work (of course, no man can be a good citizen under 
our government if he is not brought up to work), but 
brought up to work under easier and softer conditions 
than the majority of his fellows. Washington on one 
side, and Lincoln on the other ! Lincoln, the uncouth 
farmer's boy, reared in the grinding toil and poverty 
of a small cabin on the frontier ; the man who worked 
with his hands ; the man who never knew what it was 
to walk in the soft places of the earth, and who made 
his way upward until in our Pantheon his figure stands 
beside that of the dead hero of Mount Vernon ! 

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Washington and Lincoln ! We look at them in 
this country alike. We are incapable of the baseness 
— that is, if we are good citizens — incapable of the 
baseness of looking down on Lincoln because of his 
birth and bringing up ; we are incapable, if we are 
good citizens, of the almost greater baseness of affect- 
ing to look down upon Washington because he was 
well to do and well brought up. There are two things 
to be remembered : there is just as much temptation 
ever before our people, a temptation that is just as im- 
portant to be overcome and thrust to one side, — the 
temptation to deify improperly the lack of material 
well-being, the lack of success, as there is temptation 
to bow down overmuch to success. There is a little 
book that has been translated from the French and 
printed recently, written by an Alsatian pastor named 
Charles Wagner, who, if he is not a Mason, ought 
to be. It is called " The Simple Life." I wish it could 
be circulated as a tract in numerous quarters of our 
country. The writer dwells especially upon the two 
sides, upon the baseness of paying overmuch heed to 
material considerations, showing what, of course, we 
all of us recognize in theory but not all of us in prac- 
tice, — that it is just exactly as base to adopt an attitude 
of envious hatred towards those who have succeeded as 
it is to adopt a spirit of arrogance towards those who 
have failed ; and the fault is the same in each case ; the 
fault is the inability to put one's self in his brother's 

place, and the inability to rise superior to the non- 
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essentials of a man's career. To flatter a mob or to 
cringe to the powerful, the two are not vices in contra- 
distinction to each other ; they are the same kind of 
vice, only different in their manifestations, — the dema- 
gogue and the courtier ; the demagogue, who for his 
own selfish purposes flatters one set of people ; the 
courtier, who for his own selfish purposes flatters a 
single individual, are, after all, in each case two people 
who stand on the same mean level of baseness, each ac- 
cording to his lights striving to flatter power as he fan- 
cies he sees it, and without regard to whether he will do 
good even to those he flatters. To flatter a mob, or to 
fail to realize that each man who in the aggregate may 
make a mob is a man with whom we must deal ; a man 
with something in common with ourselves, who cannot 
ever be made a good citizen by being crushed, but by 
being trained and elevated, — those are the lessons to be 
learned. Those are the lessons to be learned from 
Washington's own career ; Washington, who fought 
to make a State out of "fishers and choppers and 
ploughmen ;" Washington, who fought for indepen- 
dence and put down disorder ; Washington, who put 
down disorder and realized that it could only be pre- 
vented from recurring by righting any wrongs that 
had caused it ; Washington, who approached the social 
problems of his generation in that spirit, in the spirit 
which must serve as our model in approaching the 
social problems of this day if we are to solve them 
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was given him to possess genius and power, the gift of 
command over his fellows, but because it was given to 
him to possess to a marked degree the qualities that 
every one of us has in him if he chooses to develop 
them ; because his name was a synonym of honesty, of 
courage, and of common sense, the three qualities for 
the lack of which no brilliancy, no genius can atone, 
whether in a man or in a nation. 

Brothers, perhaps I ought to ask your pardon for 
having spoken to you in words which I suppose amount 
partly to a sermon and partly to a plea for help. My 
excuse is that I feel, as I am sure every man who 
knows anything of the real needs, governmental and 
social, of this country to-day feels, that we can work 
out aright the problems that confront us only if men 
like those here, like you here, realize each of you has 
duties — don't merely talk about them in your own 
parlors, but try to show in practical fashion that you 
intend each to do his part in solving the problems that 
have got to be solved. Our system of government is 
the best in the world for a people able to carry it on. 
Only the highest type of people can carry it on. We 
believe that we can. We know that we can. But we 
can do it only if each of us in his dealings with the 
outside world carries into it the spirit that makes a 
man a good Mason among his Brother Masons; if 
each of us strives to have the citizenship of our coun- 
try carried on in accordance with the basic principles 
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his power and in his place by his actions the homage 
to Washington's career and life that is paid by the 
man with whom it is not lip-loyalty, but with whom it 
is that spirit in the heart that must bear fruit indeed. 

The Chorus then sang the Hallelujah Chorus from 
The Messiah. 

Brother James M. Lamberton, Past Master of 
Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, addressed Grand Lodge : 

WASHINGTON AS A FREEMASON 

"Our roll is resplendent with names that are im- 
mortal, at whose mention calumny speaks with bated 
breath, and there is one before which all others pale 
and malice is hushed : it is Washington." 

These were the concluding words of the orator * at 
the dedication of this Temple, in this presence, nearly 
thirty years ago. 

To that orator's son has been assigned the honor 
and duty of speaking to you on Washington as a 
Freemason, at this celebration of the one hundred and 
fiftieth anniversary of his initiation into our Ancient 
and Honorable Fraternity, when we are favored with 
the presence of so many Grand Officers from Sister 
Jurisdictions, and particularly with the presence of our 
illustrious Brother's successor as Chief Magistrate of 

* Eight Worshipful Past Grand Master Brother the Honor- 
able Eobert A. Lamberton, LL.D., on September 26, 1873. 

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our Nation, Brother Theodore Roosevelt, President 
of the United States. 

On Saturday evening, November the fourth, 1752, 
in the little village of Fredericksburg, in England's 
ancient and loyal Colony and Dominion of Virginia, 
at a regular stated meeting of "the Lodge at Fred- 
ericksburg," held in its Lodge-room, in the second 
story of the Market-House, Major George Washing- 
ton was made an Entered Apprentice Mason. 

The early minutes* are extremely brief, and those for 
November 4, 1752, give only the names of " Charles 
Lewis, George Washington," which follow the 
"List of Members' Names, 1st. September 5752." 
We cannot tell who were the recommenders, or the 
committee of inquiry. 

The Markets-House, long since torn down, which 
then stood on Main (or Caroline) Street and the present 
Market Alley, was of brick, the under part being used 
as a market, and the upper part being given up to 
rooms for the officials and to two larger rooms, one of 
which was rented by the Craft for a Lodge-room, and 
the other used for balls and entertainments. 

In the ledger, which is now bound up with the 
minute-book, under date of the following Monday, is 
the entry: "Nov. 6, 1752 Received from Mr. Geo 
Washington for his entrance £2. 3s" 

The Bible upon which our Brother was obligated is 



* See illustration, page 198. 
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still carefully preserved, and, through the good offices 
of Most Worshipful Grand Master Kerns, of Virginia, 
a deputation from Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, has 
brought it to our celebration.* 

The book, seven inches wide, when closed, nine 
inches long, and one and one-quarter inches thick, 
strongly bound in leather, was printed in 1668, in 
Cambridge, by John Field, printer to the University. 

In the minutes of " 3rd March," 1753, the sole entry 
is, " George Washington passed a Fellow Craft." 

The minutes of " 4th August 5753, Which Day the 
Loge being Assembled present" eight officers and 
members (the names being given), read : " The trans- 
actions of the evening are George Washington raised 
Master Mason. Thomas James Ent'd an Apprentice." 

Formerly the Lodge at Fredericksburg was supposed 
to have worked under authority from the Grand Lodge 
of Massachusetts. Present opinion is divided between 
authority derived from Thomas Oxnard, Esq., who in 
1742 had been appointed by the Grand Master of 
England as "Provincial Grand Master of all North 
America," being also " Grand Master of the St. John's 
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts," and authority derived 
from the Grand Lodge of Scotland. 

The first dispensation or warrant is missing, but on 
July 21, 1758, the Lodge obtained from the Grand 
Lodge of Scotland a warrant which it still possesses, 

* See illustration, page 198. 
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and under which it continued to work until the Grand 
Lodge of Virginia was formed in 1777—78. 

In the latter part of 1752, Washington was living 
at Mount Vernon, his half-brother Lawrence's country 
place, which had been his home since he left school at 
the age of sixteen. 

The records of the newly created county of Culpeper, 
formed in 1748, show that on July 20, 1749, " George 
Washington, Gent., produced a commission from the 
President and Masters of William and Mary College, 
appointing him to be surveyor of this county, which 
was read, and thereupon he took" the usual oaths, the 
appointment being due, of course, to the Fairfax influ- 
ence. At this time Washington was only seventeen 
years and five months old. 

In the most interesting and valuable Loan Exhibition 
of Washingtoniana, which, at the request of the Sesqui- 
centennial Committee, our very efficient Librarian , 
Brother George P. Rupp, has so well prepared and 
arranged, No. 196 is an original survey loaned by my 
friend Mr. George C. Thomas, of Philadelphia, which 
is dated April 20, 1750, and signed " G. Washington, 
S.C.C.," that is, Surveyor of Culpeper County. 

The College of William and Mary had had bestowed 
upon it, by its royal charter of 1691, the office of 
Surveyor-General of the Colony, the yearly income of 
the office being about £50. 

Two years later, when he was only nineteen, Wash- 
ington was appointed one of the adjutants-general of 

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the Colony, with the rank of major, and a salary of 
£150, an appointment which was renewed later, when 
the military districts were reduced to four, Washing- 
ton being assigned to the northern district. 

In July, 1752, Lawrence Washington died, leaving 
Mount Vernon to "his beloved brother George," 
subject to the life-interest of his widow, and his only 
surviving child (who died in a few months), and ap- 
pointing him one of his executors. Washington did 
not come into possession of Mount Vernon until De- 
cember 17, 1754, when his brother's widow (who had 
married Colonel George Lee), in consideration of an 
annuity, surrendered possession of Mount Vernon. In 
Washington's cash account I noticed the entries of 
the payment of the rent for the years 1755 and 1756. 
He did not, however, spend much time there until after 
he had taken another and very important degree, that 
of matrimony, at high noon, January 6, 1759. 

In the performance of his professional and military 
duties, and also that he might see his greatly loved 
mother, whose sterling character had great influence 
upon her distinguished son, Major Washington doubt- 
less frequently travelled the forty-five miles between 
Mount Vernon and his boyhood's home and the home 
of his mother then and for the next twenty-three years, 
opposite Fredericksburg, at "Pine Grove," as it was 
called in the family, but more commonly known as the 
" Ferry Farm," there being no bridge across the Rap- 
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to go to a tavern to spend the night after receiving his 
degrees. 

It will be noticed that Washington was made an 
Entered Apprentice Mason more than three months 
before he was twenty-one years of age. The require- 
ment of the Old Charges (as printed in the Constitu- 
tions of 1723) is that the candidate shall be " of mature 
age ;" and most of us would be inclined to think that 
the tall, athletic adjutant-general (six feet two inches in 
height, " straight as an Indian," and, if tradition be 
true, the only man who ever threw a stone across the 
Rappahannock at Fredericksburg) was "of mature 
age" in 1752. 

Of this supposed "irregularity" in Washington's 
making, hitherto two so-called " explanations" have 
been given, — first, that he was supposed to be more 
than twenty-one years at the time of his application, 
and the question was not asked, and he did not know 
the regulation ; and, second, that a dispensation was 
obtained from the proper Masonic authority. 

As to the first of these "explanations," it is to be 
remembered that Washington was well known in 
Fredericksburg, having spent his boyhood's years until 
he was about fifteen in that neighborhood, and since 
then had been a frequent visitor to see his mother and 
to attend to his military duties. 

I do not believe the Brethren made any wrong sup- 
position or neglected any regulation. 

As to the second " explanation," it is likewise to be 

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remembered that Washington was entered at the third 
meeting of the Lodge, its first having been held Sep- 
tember 1, 1752, Old Style (just before the longest night 
in history, that of September 2, 1752, when people 
went to bed on the second of September and woke up 
on the 14th), and the nearest dispensing authority was 
no nearer than Boston (or possibly Edinburgh), and in 
those days it took about three weeks to go from Phila- 
delphia to Boston. Under all the circumstances, it is dif- 
ficult to believe that any dispensation was either sought 
for, or obtained, by the newly constituted Lodge. 

A third " explanation" has recently been suggested 
by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Corre- 
spondence of Virginia, Brother Joseph W. Eggleston, 
M.D., — namely, the " confusing effect of the change 
of the calendar," which, by the Act of 24 George II. 
(i.e., 1751) c. 23, went into effect in September of 1752, 
as just intimated. 

Brother Eggleston, in his " Masonic Life of Wash- 
ington," in the " Official Souvenir of the Centennial of 
the Death of George Washington," says, " Many of his 
biographers state his birth as having occurred February 
11, Old Style, 1731-2, and doubtless the record being 
1731, no one even thought of counting up the elapsed 
time, but all assumed that he was over twenty-one." 

This, it seems to me, is hardly creditable to the 
intelligence of our ancient Fredericksburg Brethren. 

At the time referred to our illustrious Brother, we 
venture to believe, had no biographers ; and what the 

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" record" referred to above may be we cannot say, but 
the following is the record of the entry of Washing- 
ton's birth in his mother's Bible, made in his own 
handwriting when he was sixteen : 

" George Washington son to Augustine & Mary his Wife was 
Born ye 11th Day of February 173£ about 10 in the Morning, 
& was Baptised," etc. 

It must be remembered, however, that the age which 
was regarded in Masonry as " mature" has varied in 
different countries at different times. 

In England, for some years prior to 1717, this age 
was " One and Twenty ;" from the organization, in 
1717, of the Premier Grand Lodge, afterwards desig- 
nated as " Modern," until 1767, the age was twenty- 
five ; while under the " Ancient" Grand Lodge, 
so-called, from its organization in 1751 the age was 
twenty-five down until the Union of 1813, when the 
Grand Lodge of" Moderns" was absorbed by the vastly 
greater body of the " Ancients," at which time, as has 
been well said by an eminent Irish Masonic scholar, 
Brother W. J. Chetwode Crawley, LL.D., " almost 
the only concession made by the ' Ancients' was the 
adoption of twenty-one years in place of twenty-five ; 
and this, trivial as it was, it is suspected would not have 
been conceded had not the limit of twenty-five years 
been found in practice inconveniently high." 

In Ireland, at least from 1730, when the Grand 
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age was twenty-one ; but in the latter year the more 
usual age of twenty-five was adopted ; and this was 
not changed until after the Union had taken place in 
England, when, the "Ancients" having agreed to 
twenty-one, the Grand Lodge of Ireland, which had 
always been in accord with the "Ancients," did the 
same for the sake of harmony. 

In Scotland, however, from ancient times down to 
1891, the age for entering was eighteen ; and when, in 
1891, the age was raised to twenty-one, the ancient 
rule was retained for the sons of Freemasons. 

The oldest Lodge in Scotland, and in the world for 
that matter, the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel), 
No. 1, at Edinburgh, Scotland, January 30, 1683, at 
a time, indeed, when the "Operatives" predominated, 
made a rule that no one under the age of twenty-one 
should be advanced to be a Fellow Craft or Master 
Mason ; and there was a law in Louisiana before the 
present Grand Lodge was established, and at a time 
when the French influence prevailed (and it is well 
known that in the eighteenth century French and 
Scottish Masonry were closely connected), that the son 
of a Master Mason might be initiated at eighteen, but 
could not be passed and raised until he was twenty-one. 
Whether Washington's father was or was not a Free- 
mason, we have no knowledge. 

Just when twenty-one became the " mature age" in 
Pennsylvania I cannot now say. In Franklin's Re- 
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this city (the first Masonic Book published in America), 
no change from twenty-five to twenty-one appears ; and 
it is an interesting fact that Franklin himself had 
just passed his twenty-fifth birthday, in the month 
before he was entered in St. John's Lodge in this city. 

When it is recalled that, although Washington was 
entered in November, he was not crafted until March 
3, the first meeting after he was twenty-one, and that 
some at least of the Fredericksburg Brethren were of 
Scotch extraction, Daniel Campbell, the Master 
when Washington was initiated, having obtained 
from the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh, in 1758, "an 
ample charter," I incline to the opinion that the Lodge 
was originally constituted under Scottish regulations, 
and I believe those regulations were rigidly enforced. 

Later, November 25, 1769, the Lodge adopted 
twenty-one as the age for initiation. 

The Scotch regulation would fully explain the delay 
in Washington's advancement, and dispose of the 
suggestion that the delay was caused by a " lack of 
money," a suggestion utterly lacking in probability 
when Washington's financial circumstances, as shown 
by his ledger now in the Department of State, are con- 
sidered. A few days after he was initiated he received 
£55 from the sale of some " lotts." 

The delay in taking the second and third degrees is 
likewise easily understood when Washington's place 
of residence, forty-five miles away, and his military 
and professional engagements are considered. 

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However, whether of Scotch constitution or not, that 
it was in accord with the regulations in this country, 
at least in Pennsylvania, that a man might be initiated 
before he was twenty-one, is shown conclusively by two 
foot-notes in the Ahiman Rezon first issued by this 
Grand Lodge, in 1783 ; one note providing that " no 
person be made in future under the age of twenty-one," 
and repealing the other note, which stated that twenty- 
one " was a proper rule for general observation, before 
a person can be advanced to the sublime degree of 
Master Mason." 

So late as March 6, 1822, it seemed to the Grand 
Lodge of New York necessary, and it accord- 

" Ordered, That that part of the Book of Constitutions which 
relates to the qualifications of candidates for initiation into the 
mysteries of Masonry, shall be so construed, as that no person 
shall be entered in any Lodge under this jurisdiction who shall 
not have attained the age of twenty-one years." 

It is, therefore, clear that there was no irregularity 
whatsoever in Washington's initiation before he was 
twenty-one. 

Washington attended his Lodge on September 1, 
the next meeting after he was raised, and left in a few 
weeks as Governor Dinwiddie's messenger to the 
French, who were advancing into English territory 
towards the head-waters of the Ohio. He is next 
present January 4, 1755. After 1771, the Lodge 
records are missing. 

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The convention, which met in 1777 to form the 
Grand Lodge of Virginia, recommended " his Excel- 
lency General George Washington as a proper person 
to fill the office of Grand Master," but, as he was off 
with the army, he could hardly accept the office ; 
doubtless, had he been willing to accept, Fredericksburg 
Lodge would gladly have chosen him as its Master, 
thereby qualifying him for the higher station. 

In the latter part of 1778, Washington and Con- 
gress differed strongly with regard to a plan of the 
latter's for a joint advance of the Americans and their 
new allies, the French, against the English territory ; 
and, at the suggestion of Washington, he left Middle- 
brook, New Jersey, where part of the army had gone 
into winter quarters, and proceeded to Philadelphia for 
a personal conference, which resulted in the adoption 
of his views. 

The Pennsylvania Evening Post, published in this 
city on Monday, December 28, thus announced his 
arrival : 

"Last Tuesday George Washington, Esq., commander in 
chief of the army of the United States, arrived here. Too 
great for pomp, and as if fond of the plain and respectable rank 
of a free and independent citizen, his excellency came in so late 
in the day as to prevent the Philadelphia troop of militia light- 
horse, gentlemen, officers of the militia, and others of this city, 
from showing those marks of unfeigned regard for this good 
and great man, which they fully intended, and especially of 
receiving him at his entrance into the state, and escorting him 
hither." 

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During the occupation of this city by the British, 
from September, 1777, to June, 1778, the labors of our 
Grand Lodge were necessarily suspended, but in De- 
cember of 1778 work was resumed, and in several of 
the city papers appeared a notice, under date of De- 
cember 16, that a " procession in the Masonic form" 
had been ordered for Monday the 28th, " to proceed to 
Christ Church, where a sermon will be preached by a 
reverend brother, and a collection made, amount of 
which will be laid out in the purchase of wood and 
other necessities for the relief of the poor of the city 
at this inclement season. There will be performances 
of vocal and instrumental music suitable to the 
solemnity of the occasion." 

The minutes of Lodge No. 3, of this city, for Decem- 
ber 23, 1778, show that a committee was " appointed to 
wait upon No 2 to concurr in a proper move to address 
his Excellency General Washington to attend the pro- 
cession next St. John's Day who report that the Masters 
elect of the different Lodges of this city do personally 
wait upon Bro Genl Washington and inform him of the 
time place and mode of the procession." 

During the trying winter at Valley Forge, some of 
the Pennsylvania Brethren doubtless had sat in Lodge 
with their distinguished Brother, if they had not pre- 
viously done so in an Army Lodge, of which there 
were ten or possibly eleven. 

The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser of 
Saturday, January 2, 1779, contained a full account of 

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the procession, which is too long to read.* About three 
hundred attended, the sixth in the order of the pro- 
cession being four deacons, bearing wands, the seventh 
" His Excellency our illustrious Brother George Wash- 
ington, Esq., supported by the Grand Master and his 
Deputy." After prayers by the Kev. Mr. White, 
afterwards first Bishop of Pennsylvania, and an anthem 
" by sundry of the brethren," Rev. Brother William 
Smith, D.D., preached " a most excellent and well- 
adapted sermon," which was afterwards printed in pam- 
phlet form, being dedicated to Washington, and a copy 
was sent to him ; and it is the second in a volume of 
"Masonic Sermons," mentioned in the inventory of 
his estate, and now in the Boston Athenaeum. 
The account concludes : 

"After divine service the procession returned in the same 
order to the College ; the musical bells belonging to the church 
and the band of music playing proper Masonic tunes. The 
brethren being all new clothed, and the officers in their proper 
jewels of their respective lodges, and their other badges of 
dignity, made a genteel appearance. 

"The brethren afterwards departed to their respective lodges 
where they dined together with their usual harmony and socia- 
bility ; the sum of four hundred pounds having been collected 
in the church among the brethren and others, their charitable 
fellow-citizens who honored them with their company, for the 
relief of the poor. 

"N.B. — Such charitable brethren and others who have not 
yet had an opportunity of contributing their mite, are requested 

* See pages 21-25. 
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to send the same to any of the following gentlemen, viz. : Messrs. 
William Ball, John Wood, John Howard, and William Shute, to 
whom objects of charity, bringing proper recommendations to 
the house of Mr. Ball, in Market Street, after New Year's day, 
between the hours of ten and twelve in the forenoon, are to 
apply." 

Washington left Philadelphia on Tuesday, Febru- 
ary 4, the Pennsylvania Packet of that date stating 
that "His Excellency's stay was rendered the more 
agreeable by the company of his lady, and the domestic 
retirement which he enjoyed at the house of Henry 
Laurens, Esq., with whom he resided." 

In a letter to General Schuyler, dated February 
11, 1779, Washington wrote: "While in Philadel- 
phia, what between Congress and a special committee 
of that body, I was furnished with ample employment. 
I had few moments of relaxation." 

The Philadelphia visit was the first relief from duty 
he had taken since he assumed command of the army 
in June, 1775. 

We may well understand how the celebration of St. 
John's Day, together with the attentions of his Breth- 
ren, was a time of relaxation. 

Our Ahiman Rezon, adopted in 1781 and issued in 
1783, was dedicated* to Washington, and it was the 
intention to print his arms as well as the " Mason's 
Arms," but they did not appear ; why, is not known. 

The Grand Lodges of New York, in 1785, Virginia, 

* See pages 30 and 31. 
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in 1791, and Massachusetts, in 1792, dedicated to him 
their " Book of Constitutions" or " Ahiman Rezon," 
the last sending him a copy with a suitable letter, to 
which he replied, saying, in part, — 

"To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy the 
benevolent design of a Masonic Institution ; and it is most 
fervently to be wished that the conduct of every member of the 
Fraternity, as well as those publications that discover the prin- 
ciples which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that 
the great object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the 
human race." 

American Union Lodge, an Army Lodge of the Con- 
necticut Line, originally warranted by the Provincial 
Grand Master of Massachusetts and "for all North 
America, where no other Grand Master is appointed," 
having removed into New York, and having had its 
warrant confirmed by the Provincial Deputy Grand 
Master of New York, under the name of Military 
Union Lodge (a name, by the way, the Lodge care- 
fully abstained from using), celebrated the Festival of 
St. John the Baptist, 1779, with much ceremony. 

After opening at Nelson's Point, at eight a.m., and 
electing officers, the Lodge was closed till ten a.m. at 
West Point, where, being joined by a number of 
Brethren from other brigades, they proceeded to the 
" Red House." After the Lodge had been opened, and 
after giving the names of those present, the old record 
continues : 

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" After the usual ceremonies, the Lodge retired to a bower in 
front of the house, where being joined by his Excellency General 
Washington and family, an address was delivered to the brethren 
and a number of gentlemen collected on the occasion by the Eev. 
Dr. Hitchcock, followed by an address to the brethren in par- 
ticular by Bro. Hull [General William Hull]. After dinner the 
following toasts were drank, &c. . . . His excellency Bro. Wash- 
ington, having returned to the barge attended by the Wardens 
and Secretary of the Lodge, amidst a crowd of brethren, the 
music playing < God save America,' embarked, his departure was 
announced by three cheers from the shore, answered by three 
from the barge, the music beating the ' Grenadier's March.' " 

It is said that the toast of " General Washington" 
was first proposed at a Masonic celebration, at one held 
by this Lodge at Reading, Connecticut, March 25, 
1779, and that from then on it became a regular 
Masonic toast. 

The work of the various Provincial Grand Lodges 
being disturbed by the war, it was not unnatural for 
the Brethren of the army to think of a Grand Master 
over all the Brethren in the United States, having in 
mind for that station their beloved commander. 

Such a movement seems to have originated at a 
meeting of American Union Lodge, held at Morris- 
town, New Jersey, December 15, 1779, and certainly 
was furthered at the meeting held on the following St. 
John the Evangelist's Day, and further advanced at a 
convention of representatives of Lodges held at Mor- 
ristown, on February 7, 1780. 

In the mean time our Grand Lodge, after having had 

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the matter proposed on December 20, 1779, determined, 
on January 13, 1780,* unanimously that they should 
now nominate " a Grand Master of Masons thro'out the 
United States," and " Sundry respectable Brethren 
being then put in nomination it was moved that the 
Ballot be put for them separately, and His Excellency 
George Washington Esquire General and Commander- 
in-chief of the Armies of the United States being first 
in nomination he was balloted for accordingly as Grand 
Master, and Elected by the unanimous vote of the whole 
Lodge." 

If the tradition is true, that Washington was nomi- 
nated by the representatives of Lodge No. 8, then he 
was nominated by no less a person, strange it may 
seem, than John Bull, Brother Colonel John Bull, 
a Pennsylvanian by birth, made a Mason in Virginia, 
and, at the time, Master of No. 8, or " the Pennsylvania 
Lodge," as it was usually called. 

The meeting of American Union Lodge on St. John 
the Evangelist's Day, referred to above, was a notable 
one. Besides its nine officers and twenty-seven mem- 
bers present, Washington's name stands at the head 
of the list of sixty-eight visitors, among them twelve 
Pennsylvania Brethren, including Colonel Thomas 
Proctor, Master of Lodge No. 19. 

" The Lodge was opened [the minutes tell us] and after the 
usual ceremonies had been performed, the brethren formed a 

* See pages 27-29. 
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procession and proceeded to the meeting House, where a very- 
polite discourse, adapted to the occasion, was delivered hy the 
Rev. Doct. Baldwin, of the Cormecticutt Line. After service the 
brethren retired in the same order of procession to the Lodge- 
room, where a collation was served, &c. &c. which being over," 

the matter of a General Grand Master was taken up, 
as intimated above. 

An interesting correspondence * took place between 
our Grand Lodge and that of Massachusetts, but the 
project fell through, and, though repeatedly renewed, 
our Grand Lodge has uniformly refused to approve it. 

However, that the action of the Army Lodges and of 
our Grand Lodge got abroad, is shown by translations 
of two letters from a Lodge at Cape Francois, on the 
island of San Domingo, directed to General Washing- 
ton as Grand Master of All America, soliciting a 
charter, which were presented to our Grand Lodge, 
February 3, 1786.f The same thing is shown by a 
medal struck in 1797, the obverse showing the bust of 
Washington, with the legend " G. Washington Presi- 
dent. 1797," the reverse showing many Masonic em- 
blems, with the legend "Amor. Honor. Et Justitia 
G. W. G. G. M." (i.e., George Washington, General 
Grand Master. 

This medal has generally been supposed to be of 
English origin, but there is reason for thinking it the 
work of a member of this Grand Lodge, Brother 

* See pages 28-30. f See page 32. 

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Peter Getz, for several years Master of Lodge No. 
43, at Lancaster, Pa. One of these medals may be 
seen in the collection of Washingtoniana in our 
Temple. 

Still further evidence, showing how wide-spread was 
the belief that Washington was a Grand Master, is 
seen in the entry, incorrect, it is true, made by the 
Secretary of Barton Lodge, No. 10, at Hamilton, On- 
tario, in his minutes of December 12, 1800, " that a 
letter was read — 

" from the Grand Secretary informing this Lodge of Commu- 
nication received from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania an- 
nouncing the death of the E. W. G. Master "Washington, and re- 
questing this Lodge to go in mourning at their public and private 
meetings Six months." 

Many years ago there was a Lodge, No. 9, at York- 
town, Virginia. It is extinct now, and its records are 
not to be found. In 1850, Past Grand Master Scott, 
of Virginia, doubtless had access to information then 
attainable, when, on the 22d of February of that year, 
he said, — 

" Washington's military labors terminated on the heights at 
Yorktown. In that village was Lodge No. 9, where after the 
siege had ended, Washington and Lafayette, Marshall and Nel- 
son came together, and by their union bore abundant testimony 
to the beautiful tenets of Masonry." 

On St. John the Evangelist's Day, Friday, Decem- 
ber 27, 1782, Washington attended a meeting of Solo- 

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mon's Lodge, No. 1, at Poughkeepsie, New York, of 
which Major Andrew Billings, a warm friend, was 
the Master. 

By permission of Most Worshipful Grand Master 
Crandall, of New York, we have here the original 
minute book of that Lodge. * 

It shows that there were only ten members and three 
visitors present, the first of the latter being "Bro r 
George Washington Com dr in Chief." " The Lodge 
closed till after Dinner, when the following Address 
was presented to his Excellency Bro r Washington." 

At this point, unfortunately, the Secretary, after 
writing only a few lines, suspended copying in the 
address, and, leaving almost a page, finished up his 
minutes, the Lodge f closing until Wednesday fol- 
lowing. 

By the courtesy of the same Most Worshipful Grand 
Master, we have here, in this frame, { Washington's 
letter to Brothers Watson and Cossoul (the former 
a citizen of New York, the latter of Nantes, France, 
together composing a mercantile firm at Nantes), 
acknowledging the gift of a sash and apron, which 
those Brethren had had made at a convent at Nan- 

* See illustration, page 198. 

f Benedict Arnold visited this Lodge on June 12, 1771, and 
on May 16, 1781, it was " Ordered that the Name of Benedict 
Arnold be considered as obliterated from the Minutes of this 
Lodge, a Traitor." 

I See illustration, page 198. 

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tes, the French and American flags being beautifully 
delineated on the apron along with some Masonic 
emblems. 

This apron is now treasured by Alexandria- Wash- 
ington Lodge, No. 22, of Alexandria, Virginia. 

In the frame is a lock of Washington's hair, which 
Washington had sent to Major Billings, in June, 
1783, and also a portrait of Washington, which the 
Major pronounced "the best I have seen." 

The statement has been made that two persons stated 
that they had been initiated when Washington acted 
as Master of the Lodge. 

The first of these is Brother the Marquis de La- 
fayette. It has frequently been claimed that he was 
initiated in an Army Lodge in this country, the place 
being variously stated as Valley Forge, Morristown, 
Newburg, and Albany. 

In spite of the claim of Past Grand Master Chay- 
tou, of Delaware, based on the tradition of what La- 
fayette said at the time of his visit to that Grand 
Lodge in 1824, — viz., "that he had been initiated at 
V Valley Forge," — I see no good reason to doubt the 
statement in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 
Tennessee for 1825, when, on Wednesday, May 4, La- 
fayette visited that Grand Lodge, a summary of his 
address being given, in which it is stated, — 

" He had been, he said, long a member of the Order, having 
been initiated, young as he was, even before he entered the 
service of our country in the Eevolutionary war." 

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It may well have been that it was not until he had 
made himself known to Washington as a Brother 
Mason, not had been made a Mason, that Lafayette 
said, as he is reported to have said, that he did not 
obtain Washington's full confidence or a separate 
command. 

As to the other Brother, Past Grand Master Scott, 
on the occasion already referred to, stated : 

" There lived in 1842, in our sister State of Ohio, Capt. Hugh 
Maloy, then 93 years of age, who was initiated a Mason in the 
marquee of Washington, he officiating and presiding at the cere- 
mony." 

I have succeeded, with much difficulty, in finding 
the military record of Lieutenant Maloy, or M-u-1- 
1-o-y, as he spelled his name. 

He came from Brunswick, Maine, and was promoted 
to be corporal, sergeant, ensign, and lieutenant succes- 
sively, between 1776 and 1780. 

He died near Batavia, Ohio, July 11, 1845, " without 
a struggle, closing his own eyes, and folding his hands 
on his breast." 

The name of Lieutenant Mulloy is the tenth on the 
list of members initiated in Washington Lodge, No. 10, 
which was constituted November 11, 1779, at West 
Point, under a Massachusetts charter. 

It appears that Washington frequently visited this 
Lodge, which was named in his honor ; for Captain 
Moses Greenleaf, afterwards a charter member of 

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Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, at New Gloucester, Maine, 
and one of the earliest admitted to Washington Lodge, 
and later its Master, frequently stated, — 

" That he had many a time commanded the Commanding Gen- 
eral of the armies, in the lodge-meetings : for General Washing- 
ton frequently attended and always came as a private member 
without ceremony." 

It may well be questioned whether the General of 
the Army had the time to familiarize himself suffi- 
ciently with the work to confer a degree. 

As to Washington's having " presided at the cere- 
mony," perhaps the Scotch verdict will do, " Not 
proven." 

Brother Hugh Maloy was admitted to Cleremont 
Social Lodge, No. 29, at Williamsburg, Ohio, on No- 
vember 25, 1825. 

In 1782, some of the Alexandria Brethren, doubtless 
in ignorance of the formation of the Grand Lodge of 
Virginia (which, as a matter of fact, at that time seems 
to have suspended operations), under date of June 6, 
sent an application to the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- 
vania for a warrant, which was presented at the Quar- 
terly Communication on September 2, 1782 ; but, as 
the proposed Master was found to be a "Modern" 
Mason, the warrant was not granted until February 3, 
1783, by which time Brother Robert Adam, a warm 
personal friend of Washington, had been made an 
" Ancient." 

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On Christmas-eve of that year Washington re- 
turned to Mount Vernon, having on the previous day, 
at Annapolis, resigned publicly his commission, to 
Congress, after having previously ascertained that 
Congress preferred that method of a personal audience 
to his merely sending in his resignation in writing. 

The new Lodge at once (on December 26) wrote their 
distinguished Brother and neighbor an appreciative 
letter, to which he replied on the 28th very cor- 
dially. 

As the General could not "join them in the needful 
business" on St. John's Day, it was proposed to give 
an entertainment in his honor on February 20, but it 
was found that would not suit Washington. However, 
an invitation to dine with them on the Anniversary of 
St. John the Baptist was promptly accepted, and the 
minutes of the Lodge, on June 24, 1784, show " His 
Excellency, G. Washington" first among the " Visiting 
Members ;" and also, — 

" The Worshipful Master read a most instructive lecture on 
the rise, progress and advantages of Masonry, and concluded 
with a prayer suitable to the occasion." 

After dinner, the Brethren returned to the Lodge- 
room, when, the record says, — 

"The "Worshipful Master, with the unanimous consent of the 
brethren was pleased to admit his excellency General Washing- 
ton as an honorary member of Lodge No. 39. Lodge closed in 
perfect harmony at six o'clock." 

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The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser, 
published in this city on Tuesday, July 13, 1784, con- 
tains the following, under the heading " Alexandria, 
July 1:" 

" On Thursday, the 24th ult. the brethren of Lodge No. 39 
met at their lodge-room to celebrate the Festival of St. John 
the Baptist, where a discourse adapted to the occasion was de- 
livered by the worshipful master — After which they walked in 
procession accompanied by their illustrious brother his excel- 
lency general Washington, to Mr. Wise's tavern, where they 
dined and spent the remainder of the day in enjoyments be- 
coming their benevolent and respectable institution." 

In the long list of " Members of Lodge No. 39," in 
the beginning of the old minute-book, we find Wash- 
ington's name duly recorded as a member. 

In August of 1784, Brother the Marquis de Lafay- 
ette made a visit to Mount Vernon, and brought with 
him for Washington a Masonic apron of white satin, 
upon which the Marquise de Lafayette had very 
beautifully embroidered, with colored silks, a number 
of Masonic emblems, including a "mark" — a bee-hive 
— on the flap. This apron is now before you.* 

After Washington's death it was presented by his 
legatees, in 1816, to the Washington Benevolent So- 
ciety of Philadelphia, and when that Society dissolved, 
in 1829, it was presented to our Grand Lodge. 

The beautiful box which contained the apron, and 



* See illustration, page 198. See, also, last page of programme. 

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also a sash, was presented to Alexandria- Washington 
Lodge, No. 22, and having been kept with the Watson- 
Cossoul apron, which that Lodge so justly treasures, 
some have been led into thinking that that apron was 
the one worn by Washington when he laid the corner- 
stone of the National Capitol in 1793, but such is not 
the fact. 

Many years ago it was frequently claimed that 
Washington had been made a Mason in a British 
army Lodge. This was due, probably, to a tradition 
connected with the Bible which belonged to the British 
Forty-sixth or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot, 
which was in this country before and during the Revo- 
lutionary War. This book and its interesting history 
are very fully described in the second volume of the 
very complete "History of Canada," by my friend 
Brother J. Ross Robertson, Past Grand Master of 
Canada ; but, as that able Brother says, — 

" There is no collateral evidence of any kind to substantiate 
the statement written on a copy of the by-laws that Washing- 
ton was obligated on this Bible." 

However, that Washington may have taken a de- 
gree, the Mark Master's, in addition to the three he 
took in Fredericksburg, one fact renders quite probable, 
— namely, the mark, a bee-hive, surrounded by the 
letters "H.T.W.S.S.T.K.S.," on the flap of the Lafay- 
ette apron, just referred to. 

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Lafayette was, as we know, a Freemason, and 
doubtless knew what degrees Washington had re- 
ceived, and he would hardly have had his wife em- 
broider upon the apron something the significance of 
which Washington would not understand. 

Unfortunately there is great doubt, as Recording 
Grand Secretary Nickerson, of Massachusetts, informs 
me, as to the jewel supposed to have been worn by 
Washington in a Mark Lodge, which was shown at a 
Communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
in December, 1851. 

Aside from the facts that the earliest known record 
of the conferring of the Royal Arch Degree in this 
country is contained in the minutes of Fredericksburg 
Lodge of 1753, and that a pink sash, once the property 
of Washington, is still preserved by Alexandria- 
Washington Lodge, I have come upon nothing tending 
to connect Washington with either Royal Arch or 
Knight Templar Masonry. 

Under date of Saturday, February 12, 1785, I find 
in Washington's diary the following interesting entry, 
which I have never seen referred to in any Masonic 
address : 

"Keceived an Invitation to the Funeral of Will m Kamsay 

Esq 1 of Alexandria — the oldest Inhabit' of the Town ; & went 

up — walked in procession as a free mason — M r Eamsay in his 

life time being one & now buried with the ceremony & honors 

due to one." 

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That you may see that Washington was do fair- 
weather Brother, I read what he writes further in his 
diary that day as to the weather : 

" Mercury at 44 this morning — 44 at noon — and 44 at night. 

" The Sun rose clear this morning, but it soon over cast began 
to snow & then to rain w ch continued until 10 oclock — about 
noon the wind sprang up pretty fresh from the n° west & grew 
colder." 

In the Pennsylvania Packet or the Daily Advertiser, 
published in this city on Tuesday, March 1, 1785, 
under the heading of " Alexandria, February 17," is 
an account of the death of William Ramsay, who was 
the first inhabitant, and died on the 10th inst., aged 
sixty-nine. This account, which I found was copied 
from the Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser 
of February 17, concludes as follows : 

"His remains were interred on the 12th. in the Episcopal 
Church-yard, and attended by a very numerous and respectable 
Company, preceded by the Brotherhood of Free Masons in Pro- 
cession, with the solemnities usual on such occasions." 

The convention which framed the Constitution of the 
United States met in this city in May, 1787, and Wash- 
ington, a delegate from Virginia, records in his diary 
on the 25th, " By unanimous vote I was called up to 
the Chair as President of the body." 

A few weeks later, on June 18, our Grand Lodge,* at 
the Quarterly Communication, ordered that the Grand 

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Master and the Deputy Grand Master should present 
" to his excellency Gen Washington the present Book 
of Constitution." 

This book, handsomely bound in red morocco, and 
"elegantly gilt," with a morocco label suitably in- 
scribed on the inside of the cover, is the one hundred 
and fortieth item in the inventory of Washington's 
property. 

It was left to Judge Bushrod Washington, the 
General's nephew, and descended to Mr. Lawrence 
Washington, of Alexandria, and was sold at auction 
at Thomas's, in this city, in 1876, to the late Dr. Bobert 
Colton Davis, of Philadelphia, for eight dollars, and, 
on his death, it was bought by the late John B. Baker, 
Sr., for fifty dollars. 

At the Baker sale, in this city, in 1891, it was sold 
for four hundred and twenty dollars to the late Mr. 
John Nicholas Brown, of Providence, Bhode Island, 
by whose trustees it was recently given, with his library, 
to Brown University, at Providence. By the courtesy 
of the trustees we have been able to procure these 
photographs.* 

Two efforts to arouse sufficient interest to obtain this 
most interesting volume for our Grand Lodge, failed 
through an indifference which seems inexplicable. 

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania having 
closed forever on Monday, September 25, 1786, and the 



* See illustration, page 198. 
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present Grand Lodge having been duly opened on the 
same day (as the original minutes show clearly), it be- 
came necessary for the Lodges under its jurisdiction to 
take out new warrants. 

Lodge No. 39, having received notice to that effect, 
and having heard that there was a Grand Lodge at 
Richmond, in their own State, decided to make inquiries 
as to the regularity of the Richmond Grand Lodge, and 
its terms for a charter. 

Being in Richmond (it was a long journey in those 
days to go there from Alexandria), Brother William 
Hunter, a member of No. 39, visited the Grand Lodge 
of Virginia, at its " grand half yearly stated Commu- 
nication," held on April 28, 1788, and, knowing the 
feeling of his Brethren, applied for a charter, which 
that day was granted, as the minutes show. 

On Brother Hunter's return, he evidently told what 
he had done, for at the next meeting of the Lodge, on 
May 29, it did four things : first, it voted unanimously 
to apply for a charter to the Grand Lodge of Virginia, 
of whose regularity the Brethren had been satisfied ; 
secondly, it thanked Brother Hunter for his " atten- 
tion paid to the interest of the Lodge in applying for 
a charter to the Grand Lodge of Virginia ;" thirdly, it 

" proceeded to the appointment of Master and Deputy Master 
to be recommended to the Grand Lodge of Virginia, when 
George Washington, Esq., was unanimously chosen Master; 
Robert McCrea, Deputy Master, Wm. Hunter, Jun. Senior 
"Warden and Jno. Allison Junior "Warden ;" 

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and, fourthly, it appointed two committees (Brother 
Hunter being on both), one to " wait on General 
Washington and inquire whether it will be agreeable 
to him to be named in the charter," and one to apply 
to the Grand Lodge at Richmond for the charter. 

Nothing seems to have been done during the summer 
except to obtain Washington's consent, but, at the 
meeting held October 25, a committee was again ap- 
pointed to make application for the charter, " agreeable 
to the former order of this Lodge," and immediately 
following the minutes of the next meeting, on Novem- 
ber 22, is recorded a copy of the application, in which 
is the following : 

" The Brethren of Lodge No. 39, Ancient York Masons, . . . 
under a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . . . 
have at sundry preceding meetings resolved to ask your hon- 
orable society for a new warrant, which has already been com- 
municated to you by letter, and also by our Brother Hunter 
personally, who hath obtained an entry of this Lodge on your 
minutes. . . . 

" It is also the earnest desire of the members of this Lodge 
that Brother George Washington, Esq., should be named in the 
charter as Master of the Lodge." 

At the regular meeting in December, the time of the 
annual election, the new charter had not arrived, and 
accordingly Lodge No. 39, as its minutes show, held its 
election, and it not being then the custom in Pennsyl- 
vania to choose a Deputy Master (the early records of 
Lodges Nos. 1 and 2, warranted in Philadelphia in 

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1758, tell us that they had Deputy Masters in the first 
two or three years of their existence) , the minutes show : 
" His Excellency George Washington, unanimously 
elected Master, Robert McCrea Senior Warden," etc. 

It will thus be seen, a fact I have not seen stated 
before, that not only was Washington elected the 
Charter Master of Lodge No. 22, on the roll of the 
Grand Lodge of Virginia, but was also the last duly 
elected Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 39 on the roll 
of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania ; and he was con- 
sequently a member, certainly a member-elect, of this 
Grand Lodge. There is, therefore, ample justification, 
if any were necessary, for this celebration by this Grand 
Lodge. 

This election of Washington, though unusual, he 
not having served as a Warden, may be justified under 
the provision which is made in the Ahiman Rezon for 
" extraordinary cases." 

Before the Lodge closed, it was resolved that the 
Brethren should dine together on the 27th (St. John 
the Evangelist's Day), and "that his Excellency Gen- 
eral Washington be invited," but that Brother did not 
attend, his diary showing that he was at home all day. 

The last meeting of Lodge No. 39, Pennsylvania, 
was held on January 20, 1789, and the first of Lodge 
No. 22, Virginia, on February 21, 1789, by which 
time the charter, which was issued as of April 28, 
1788, had arrived, as the minutes show. The charter, 
which was signed by Edmund Randolph, who was 

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Governor, as well as Grand Master, of Virginia, names 
" our illustrious and well beloved Brother George 
Washington Esquire, late general and commander-in- 
chief of the forces of the United States," and the three 
other Brethren recommended by the Lodge. 

Under this charter the Lodge still continues to 
work, the name having been changed to Alexandria- 
Washington Lodge in 1805, at which time the records 
of the Grand Lodge of Virginia record the statement 
that the Lodge had had Washington as its first 
Master ; and we are glad to have with us at our cele- 
bration some of the officers of that good old Lodge, 
once our daughter. 

The fact that a Deputy Master was appointed, some- 
thing not done in Virginia before or since, as Grand 
Secretary Carrington, of Virginia, informs me, shows 
that Washington was not expected to attend the 
meetings regularly ; and, in harmony with this, it is to 
be noted that in the return of the Lodge to the Grand 
Lodge of Virginia, which was made in December just 
before his death, Washington is not recorded as a 
Past Master. 

It must also be recalled that at this time Washing- 
ton was fifty-six years of age, and a man of very regular 
manner of living, rising early, dining at three o'clock, 
and retiring to rest at nine ; and the place of meeting 
of his Lodge was ten miles from his residence. 

The minutes of the Lodge, which are the best evi- 
dence, do not show Washington's presence in the 

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Lodge, either during his year of office or subsequently ; 
but it was an easy matter for his personal friend, Brother 
Dr. E. C. Dick, the retiring Master of No. 39 and the 
second of No. 22, or for Brother Robert McCrea, the 
Deputy Master, who was a Past Master of No. 39, to 
give to Washington such information as it was neces- 
sary for him to receive, and to administer the usual 
obligation. These minutes are seemingly complete 
with one exception. The minutes of December 24, 

1796, close the first volume, and those of April 22, 

1797, are the first recorded in the second volume, quite 
a large number of blank pages being left for the copy- 
ing in of the minutes of the early meetings of the 
year. Fortunately, we have ample evidence of Wash- 
ington's presence in the Lodge on April 1, 1797, to 
which reference will be made later. This gives firm 
foundation for the statement of the old Tyler, which 
has been handed down to us, that he had " tyled that 
door with Washington sitting in the East." The 
Master's chair, which was a gift from Washington, 
is carefully preserved, and is still in use. 

Washington set out from Mount Vernon on the 
16th of April, 1789, for New York, arriving on the 
23d ; but his inauguration as President of the United 
States did not take place until the 30th, as the Federal 
Hall, at the northeast corner of Nassau and Wall 
Streets, at the head of Broad Street, was not ready. 
Shortly before the ceremonies were to begin, it was 
found that there was no suitable Bible at hand upon 

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which to take the oath of office. It happened that one 
of the aids of Colonel Morgan Lewis, the chief mar- 
shal of the day, was Major Jacob Morton, who was 
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New York, 
and also Master of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, which held 
its meetings in the City Assembly Rooms near by, on 
Broadway (No. 115, where the Boreel Building now 
stands), and he sent a messenger for the Lodge's Bible 
and the cushion upon which it rested, and upon this 
sacred volume Washington for the first time took the 
oath as President, which was administered to him by 
the Chancellor of the State of New York, Brother the 
Honorable Robert R. Livingston, who was at that 
time Right Worshipful Grand Master of Masons of 
New York. 

Through the kind offices of Most Worshipful Grand 
Master Crandall, of New York, a deputation from 
St. John's Lodge, No. 1, has brought this volume * to 
our celebration. 

On March 6, 1789, Holland Lodge (now No. 8), of 
New York City, elected Washington an honorary 
member " in consideration of the Masonic virtues which 
distinguished him." 

In this city, before Washington's inauguration, 
there were great differences of opinion as to his election 
among many, and especially among the members of 
Lodge No. 2, which resulted in its warrant being sur- 

* See illustration, page 198. 
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rendered ; but, at the Quarterly Communication in 
June, the warrant was re-granted to those of the 
Brethren who had favored Washington, and the 
Lodge nourishes to this day. 

In the summer of 1790, Washington made a tour 
through the New England States, and at Newport, 
Rhode Island, among the many addresses presented to 
him, was one from King David's Lodge, to which he 
made a cordial reply, from which I quote : * 

" Being persuaded that a just application of the principles on 
which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must he promotive of 
private virtue and public prosperity, I shall always be happy to 
advance the interests of the Society, and to be considered by 
them as a deserving Brother." (As printed in the Newport 
Herald, Thursday, August 26, 1790.) 

In May of 1791, Washington made a tour through 
the Southern States, and in Charleston received an ad- 
dress from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, which 
was " Done in behalf of the Grand Lodge. M. Gist, 
G. M." 

I make two quotations from Washington's reply : 
" I recognize with pleasure my relations to the Breth- 
ren of your Society ;" and "I shall be happy on every 
occasion to evince my regard for the Fraternity." 

General Moedecai Gist, once a member of our 
Grand Lodge, was an officer who had had a distin- 

* The address and the reply in full will be found at pages 
363 and 364. 

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guished career in the Revolutionary War, and was a 
great admirer of Washington. His devotion to the 
cause of Independence may be imagined from the fact 
that he left to survive him two sons, the older named 
" Independent," and the younger " States." 

On St. John the Evangelist's Day, December 27, 
1791, a " General Communication" * of the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania was held, which was different 
from the usual Quarterly and Annual Grand Commu- 
nications, to which none were admitted save members 
of Grand Lodge, except in rare cases. 

This was done on the recommendation of the Com- 
mittee on Charity (" commonly called the Stewards' 
Lodge"), which in those days had more power than the 
name would imply, they recommending that " a general 
Communication and feast" be held, part of the price of 
the ticket to be taken for the relief of the poor. 

On the morning of St. John's Day, after " the Revd. 
Brother Dr. William Smith addressed the Brethren in 
an oration suitable to the Grand Day," a committee 
was appointed to prepare an address " to our illustrious 
Bro. George Washington, President of the United 
States," and Grand Lodge was adjourned until January 
2, to receive the report of the committee. 

Fenno's Gazette of the United States, published in 
this city on Saturday, December 31, 1791, contains the 
following : 

* See page 32. 
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"Tuesday last being the anniversary of St. John the Evan- 
gelist, an elegant Oration was delivered at the Lodge Eoom, the 
corner of Arch and Fifth-Street, by the Eev. Brother Smith, 
and the following persons were installed Grand Officers for the 
ensuing year. [Here the names are given.] 

"After which the feast of St. John was celebrated at Mr. 
Oeller's Hotel, and a liberal collection of charity for the poor of 
the institution was made and the following toasts were given :" 

Here follow seven, the second one being, " All the 
Mason's round the globe," and the fourth, "Our 
illustrious brother Washington. [3 times 3 and 3 
huzzas.]" 

During his Presidential term Washington rented 
and lived in the house of Robert Morris, the finest 
private residence in the city ; Lord Howe had lived 
there during the British occupation. It was a large 
double house of brick, three stories high, standing by 
itself on the south side of the High or Market Street, 
sixty feet east of Sixth, and was No. 190.* It was torn 
down in 1833, and three houses were erected on the 
site, and on the middle one, No. 528 Market Street, the 
Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, in 
1897, placed a suitable tablet. 

In the dining-room in the rear of the first floor, a 
room about thirty feet long, with his back to the fire- 
place, Washington was accustomed to receive; and 
here, doubtless, his hair powdered and gathered behind 
in a silk bag, wearing coat and breeches of black velvet, 

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white or pearl-colored vest, and yellow gloves, with 
cocked hat under his arm, with silver knee- and shoe- 
buckles, and a long sword, with finely wrought and 
glittering steel hilt, the coat worn over it and its scab- 
bard of polished white leather, Washington received 
his Brethren at noon on Monday, January the 2d, the 
Grand Lodge having been opened at nine that morning 
and the proposed address read and approved. I regret 
that the time is lacking to read either the answer or 
the address.* 

I am of the opinion that the shortness of the answer, 
which the newspapers of the day say " the President 
was pleased to give," may be accounted for by the 
shortness of the time he had had in which to prepare 
it, for it was the custom in those days for a copy of the 
address to be transmitted beforehand, so that a suitable 
reply might be prepared. 

The following, under the heading of " Georgetown, 
Sept. 7," appeared in the New York Journal and Pa- 
triotic Register, published in New York, Saturday, 
September 21, 1793 : 

" The capitol is in progression : the south-east is yet left 
vacant; that corner-stone is to be laid with the assistance of 
the Brotherhood, on the 18th inst. Those of the Craft however 
dispersed are requested to join the work ; the solemnity is ex- 
pected to equal the occasion, the preceding day the sale of the 
lots in the city commences." 

* The address and the reply will be found at pages 31 and 
32. 

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It may be noted, in passing, that on April 15, 
1791, Brother Dr. E. C. Dick, the Worshipful Master 
of Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, with the assistance of 
the Brethren, had laid the corner-stone of the District 
of Columbia, or " the Federal District," as it was first 
called, the stone being located at the southeast corner, 
at Jones's Point. 

On September 18, besides the Grand Lodge of Mary- 
land, the Lodges taking part were Potomac, then No. 
9, now No. 5, Alexandria, No. 22, and the Brethren of 
Federal City Lodge, No. 15, a charter for whose con- 
stitution had been granted a few days before, in " all 
their elegant Badges and Cloathing." 

The President was supported on the left by the 
Grand Master pro tempore, and on the right by the 
Master of No. 22. 

A silver plate had been prepared on which, in addi- 
tion to the names of the Commissioners, Grand Master, 
etc., was this inscription : 

" This South East Corner Stone, of the Capitol of the United 
States of America in the City of Washington, was laid on the 
18th day of September, 1793, in the Thirteenth year of American 
Independence, in the first year of the second term of the Presi- 
dency of George "Washington, whose virtues in the civil adminis- 
tration of his country have been as conspicuous and beneficial, 
as his Military valour and prudence have been useful in estab- 
lishing her liberties, and in the year of Masonry 5793, by the 
President of the United States, in concert with the Grand Lodge 
of Maryland, several Lodges under its jurisdiction, and Lodge 
No. 22, from Alexandria, Virginia." 

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"The Plate [so states the Maryland Gazette, of Annapolis, 
dated Thursday, September 26] was then delivered to the Presi- 
dent, who attended by the Grand Master P. T. and the three 
most Worshipful Masters, descended to the Cavazion trench — 
and deposed the plate, and laid on it the Corner Stone of the 
Capitol of the United States of America, on which was deposed 
Corn, Wine and Oil; then the whole congregation joined in 
reverential prayer, which was succeeded by Masonic Chaunting 
Honours, and a volley from the Artillery." 

After the Brethren had returned to their places, the 
Grand Master pro tempore, Brother Joseph Clark, 
who was the Bight Worshipful Junior Grand Warden 
of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, "elevated on a 
triple rostrum," delivered an oration fitting the occa- 
sion, in which he referred to " this designed magnifi- 
cent Temple, the capitol of our extensive and populous 
states of veteran republics ; states which were recovered, 
settled, and permanently established by the virtuous 
achievements and bravery of our illustrious brother and 
benevolent friend of Mankind, George Washington." 

"The ceremony ended in prayer, Masonic Chaunting, Hon- 
ours, and a 15 Yolley from the Artiller}'-," — i.e., a national salute. 

"The whole company retired to an extensive booth, where an 
ox of 500 pounds weight was barbecued, of which the company 
generally partook, with every abundance of other recreation." 

On that occasion Washington wore the apron made 
by the Marquise de Lafayette, now before you. The 
gavel, made by one of the workmen, was presented to 
Washington, and by him to Columbia Lodge, No. 19, 

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Maryland, now Potomac Lodge, No. 5, District of Co- 
lumbia, and, through the good offices of Most Worship- 
ful Grand Master Seaton, of the District of Columbia, 
a deputation of that Lodge has brought it to our cele- 
bration.* 

It will be recalled that it was used in laying the 
corner-stones of this Temple and the new State Capitol 
at Harrisburg. 

In the New York Journal and Patriotic Register, 
published in New York, on Saturday, October 19, 
1793, I came upon the following : 

" Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Baltimore to his 
friend in this city. 

" 'I have just returned from a tour of the city of Washing- 
ton, and assure you that I am highly pleased with the activity 
which pervades all ranks in forwarding the several buildings, I 
was present when his illustrious excellency, the President of the 
United States, laid the first stone of (not equal to our St. James's) 
Capitol. The masonic procession was brilliant, and impressed 
my mind with an idea, that whatever is mysterious is majestic ; 
I hope the republicans of the northern states will not take um- 
brage at the circumstance of having the federal ****** 
founded by free masons. Why should prejudice be nourished 
because this or that society or order of men, had the honor of 
laying the foundation of a ?' " 

In 1794, a painter named Williams, after having 
been refused permission by Washington, was allowed 
to paint a portrait of him on the request of Alexandria 

* See illustration, page 198. 
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Lodge. This portrait, or a copy of it, is now a cher- 
ished possession of the Lodge. Washington is repre- 
sented as wearing the collar and jewel of a Past Master 
and an apron, on the flap of which is an eye irradiated. 
A picture of it is in our Loan Collection. 

With regard to this portrait, if the engraving is 
accurate which is given in " Washington and his Ma- 
sonic Compeers," by Brother Sidney Hayden (late a 
member of this Grand Lodge, to whom great gratitude 
is due for gathering together so much that is of the 
greatest interest about our illustrious Brother), Mr. W. 
S. Baker, in his " Engraved Portraits of Washington," 
says that it " is such a feeble attempt, almost amount- 
ing to a caricature, that we are not surprised at the 
refusal of the Lodge to pay the painter of it, any more 
than his travelling expenses." 

The minutes * of our Grand Lodge of December 27, 
1793, show that two Brethren were 

"requested to wait on His Excellency, Bro. George Washington, 
with the compliments of the Day, and respectful Thanks of the 
Grand Lodge for his generous donation to the poor." 

We do not know the amount of the donation, but 
we may possibly form some idea from the fact that a 
few days later, January 1, 1794, Washington sent to 
Bishop White two hundred and fifty dollars for the 
poor, having on the previous day written confidentially 
to the Bishop, "to obtain information and to render 

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the little I can afford without ostentation or mention 
of my name are the sole objects of these inquiries." 

September 19, 1796, Washington issued his " Fare- 
well Address," announcing his determination not to 
accept a re-election to the Presidency. 

At the Quarterly Communication of our Grand 
Lodge in December following, a committee was ap- 
pointed " to frame an Address to be presented on the 
ensuing Feast of St. John, Dec. 27th, to the Great 
Master Workman, our Illustrious Bro. Washington on 
the occasion of his intended retirement from Public 
Labor." 

The address was prepared and approved, and, the 
committee having ascertained from Washington when 
it would be convenient, a large deputation waited upon 
him, on Wednesday, the 28th, at noon, and presented 
the address, to which, as the Philadelphia Gazette of 
Thursday, the 29th, says, " the President was pleased 
to reply." 

That reply is now before you, just as he wrote and 
read it.* 

It is difficult in these days to realize that Washing- 
ton had his detractors and slanderers, not only as to 
his personal or private character, but also as to his 
public character. With regard to the charges of per- 
sonal irregularity, supported though they once were by 

* See illustration opposite. The address and the reply will 
be found at pages 35-37. 

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a clergyman's word, fortunately we know the sources 
from which such charges are derived, and how utterly 
and entirely false they are. 

With regard to his political or public character, he 
was charged with being avaricious and arbitrary ; that 
his character was founded on false appearances, which 
could only be respected while it was not known ; and 
that he was without skill as a soldier. I quote a 
single sentence from a communication in the Aurora, 
published in this city on March 6, 1797, referring to 
the 4th just passed, when he had retired from the 
Presidency. 

" Every heart in unison with freedom and happiness of the 
people, ought to beat high with exultation that the name of 
Washington ceases this day to give currency to political inquiry 
and to legalize corruption." 

Charges such as these, made, it should always be 
remembered, against one who served his country, 
whether as general or President, without one cent of 
remuneration, were very galling to a man of Washing- 
ton's temperament, and he heartily appreciated the 
assurances he received from his Masonic Brethren of 
their respect and confidence. 

The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, on March 21, 
1797, adopted an address which they sent to Washing- 
ton with regard to his retirement from public labor, 
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" My attachment to the Society of which we are members, will 
dispose me always to contribute my best endeavours to promote 
the honor and interest of the Craft," 

A few days after his return to Mount Vernon, in 
March, 1797, a committee of Alexandria Lodge waited 
upon him, with an address and an invitation to dine 
with them. 

The invitation was accepted, and Saturday, April 1, 
was designated as the time. 

Claypool's American Daily Advertiser, published in 
this city, on Tuesday, April 11, 1797, contains the 
following : 

" Alexandria, April 4, 
"In consequence of an invitation from the Ancient York 
Masons of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, to General Washington, he 
joined the Brethren on Saturday last, when the following address 
was delivered to which he made the subjoined reply. After 
which the Lodge went in procession from their room to Mr. 
Abert's tavern, where they partook of an elegant dinner pre- 
pared for the occasion, at which the utmost harmony and 
unanimity prevailed." 

The address and reply are then given; from the 
latter I quote the concluding sentence : 

"And the assurance you give me of your belief that I have 
acted upon the square in my public capacity, will be among my 
principal enjoyments in this terrestrial Lodge." 

There were nine toasts, the eighth being, " Masons' 
wives, and Masons' bairns, and all who wish to lie in 
Masons' arms." 

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The account concludes : 

" By Brother Washington 

"The Lodge at Alexandria and all Masons throughout the 
world. 

" After he had retired, 

" Our most respected brother George Washington was drank 
with all Masonic honours." 

Washington returned to Mount Vernon under an 
escort of mounted troops of the town. 

This tribute of affection and regard from his neigh- 
bors and Brethren was very pleasing to Washington. 
In the oration which Brother Dr. E. C. Dick delivered 
at the memorial service held by the two Lodges of 
Alexandria, on February 22, 1800, the day recom- 
mended by Congress, he said, — 

"The last time we met to offer our salutations and express 
our inviolable attachment to the venerable sage, on his retiring 
from the Chief Magistracy of the Union, you may remember 
that, in telling you how peculiarly grateful were your expres- 
sions, the visible emotions of his great soul had almost deprived 
him of the power of utterance." 

In 1798, our relations with France became so strained 
that war seemed imminent, and Washington was duly 
nominated and confirmed as lieutenant-general and 
commander-in-chief, being commissioned July 4. 

It was understood that he was not to leave home 
until necessity required it. In November, he set out 
for Philadelphia to confer on the subject of military 

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preparations. On his arrival in Baltimore, on the 7th, 
he was presented with a copy of the " New Ahiman 
Rezon," recently adopted by the Grand Lodge of 
Maryland, together with a complimentary address, to 
which he made a very patriotic reply, which I regret 
I cannot read to you entirely. I quote one sen- 
tence : 

" So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines 
of Freemasonry, I conceive them to be founded on benevolence, 
and to be exercised for the good of mankind ; I cannot, there- 
fore, upon this ground withdraw my approbation from it." 

It is well known that during the French Revolution 
religion was dethroned, and reason installed in the 
place of Deity. The spreading of such doctrines was 
by many ascribed to the " Illuminati," who were sup- 
posed to be Masons. During this period clubs like S 
the Jacobin Clubs in France were formed in this 
country, and the spread of these doctrines was greatly 
feared, especially by the clergy, and in 1798 one of 
them, the Rev. G. W. Snyder, of Fredericktown, 
Maryland, wrote to Washington, sending at the same 
time a book entitled " Proofs of a Conspiracy," etc., by 
John Robinson, the conspiracy being " to overturn all 
government and all religion." 

Mr. Snyder then wrote : 

" Upon serious reflection I was led to think that it might be 
within your power to prevent the horrid plan from corrupting 
the brethren of the English lodges over which you preside." 

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(It will be recalled that the medal with " G.W. 
G.G.M." upon it had appeared the year before.) 

Washington, in acknowledging the gift, after ex- 
plaining his delay in replying, owing to " a multiplicity 
of matters," and his weakness after a fever, corrects the 
error the clergyman had " run into, of my presiding 
over the English Lodges in this country," adding : 

" The fact is I preside over none, nor have I been in one 
more than once or twice within the last thirty years. I believe, 
notwithstanding that [not merely the English Lodges, but] 
none of the lodges in this country are contaminated with the 
principles ascribed to the society of the llluminati." 

Washington was nothing if not accurate ; when he 
spoke of English Lodges, he intended English Lodges, 
and not American Lodges. Before the Revolution, 
" within the last thirty years," he had visited several 
English Lodges, but it is well known that he often 
visited American Lodges. English Lodges, when 
Washington wrote, meant Lodges holding under the 
Grand Lodge of England, and we have the same thing 
to-day on this continent ; for in the Jurisdiction of 
Quebec there are still three Lodges which hold under 
the mother Grand Lodge of England, the Lodges not 
having been as yet willing to (though the prospect now 
is bright that they will soon) consent to acknowledge 
the Grand Lodge having jurisdiction over the territory 
in which they live; so that Quebec has English Lodges 
as well as Quebec Lodges. 

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That Washington did not propose to allow his 
Masonic Brethren to rest under any wrong imputation 
is evident from a second letter which he wrote to Mr. 
Snyder, in reply to one from him which cannot be 
found. 

In this letter Washington says, — 

" It was not ray intention to doubt that the doctrines of the 
Illuminati, and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the 
United States. On the contrary, no one is more fully satisfied 
of the fact than I am. 

" The idea I meant to convey was, that 1 did not believe that 
the lodges of Freemasons in this country had, as societies, en- 
deavored to propagate the diabolical tenets of the former, or 
the pernicious principles of the latter, if they are susceptible of 
separation." 



That individual Masons may have done so, he said, 
was not to be questioned. 

On Saturday, December 14, 1799, shortly before 
midnight, after a very brief illness, Washington 
entered into life eternal. 

In those days there was neither telegraph nor tele- 
phone, and the sad news spread slowly. 

Mr. Tobias Lear, the General's private secretary, in 
the carefully kept record of those sad days, under date 
of Monday the 16th, writes : 

" Information being received from Alexandria that the Mili- 
tary, Free Masons, &c. were determined to show their respect to 

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the memory of the General by attending his body to the grave 
— measures were taken to make provision for the refreshment 
of a large number of people, as some refreshment wd be 
expected." 

The funeral took place on "Wednesday afternoon 
about four o'clock. 

On the ornament at the head of the coffin were in- 
scribed the words " Surge ad Judicium," and below it 
" Gloria Deo," and on a silver plate " General George 
Washington departed this life, on the 14th December 
1799 Mt. 68." 

We have an account of the funeral written by a 
Brother Mason ; it was printed in the Boston Colum- 
bian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, of Wednes- 
day, January 1, 1800, as follows : 

" A correspondent at Alexandria, under date of the 19th has 
communicated to the Editor the following interesting particu- 
lars of the last moments and funeral of him whose exit has 
filled an empire with tears. — Yesterday I attended the Funeral 
of the Saviour of our country, at Mount Yernon ; and had the 
honor of being one of those who carried his Body to the vault. 
He was borne by military gentlemen and brethren of our lodge, 
of which he was formerly Master. I enclose a sketch of the 
Procession. To describe the scene is impossible. The coffin 
bore his Sword and Apron ; and the Members of the Lodge 
walked as mourners. As I helped to place the body in the 
vault, and stood at the door while the funeral service was per- 
forming, I had the best opportunity of seeing the countenances 
of all. Every one was affected, but none so much as his domes- 
tics of all ages." 

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The procession was formed, and moved as follows : 

Cavalry, "j 

Infantry, > With arms reversed. 

Guard, J 

Music. 

Clergy. 

The General's horse, with his saddle, holsters, and pistols. 

The Corpse. 

Pall-bearers. ; \ Pall-bearers. 

Colonel Little. / \ Colonel Payne. 

Colonel Marsteller. / \ Colonel Eamsay. 

Colonel Gilpin. ( \ Colonel Simms. 



Mourners. 

Masonic Brethren. 

Citizens. 

The pall-bearers, with the exception of Colonel 
Marstellek, were members of Alexandria Lodge, 
No. 22, whose Master, Brother Dr. E. C. Dick, and 
Chaplain, Rev. Brother James Muir, D.D., performed 
the funeral ceremonies of the Craft, after the Rev. 
Thomas Davis had read the burial service of the 
Episcopal Church. 

A salute was fired by the military, the sun of the 
short winter day went down, and darkness spread over 
the scene. 

It is to be remembered that dual membership is still 
permissible in Virginia, and it is an interesting fact 
that Washington's death was reported to the Grand 
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old Fredericksburg Lodge, in which he had been en- 
tered more than forty-seven years before. 

Washington's remains were undisturbed until Oc- 
tober 7, 1837, when they were removed to their present 
receptacle, a block of white Pennsylvania marble, the 
gift of Brother John Struthers, of this city. 

Time fails to tell of the part taken by this Grand 
Lodge in the funeral ceremonies in this city held 
under the direction of Congress, and of the ceremonies 
participated in by Grand and Subordinate Lodges 
throughout the country, on February 22, 1800, that 
day having been recommended by Congress for general 
observance. 

The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in January, 
1800, requested from Mrs. Washington a lock of the 
General's hair, which she sent, and which is carefully 
preserved in a small gold urn, the handiwork of Past 
Grand Master Brother Paul Revere, of Revolution- 
ary fame, and Most Worshipful Grand Master Galla- 
gher, whose eloquent words have so delighted us, has 
brought this precious relic to our celebration.* 

Mention must not be omitted here of what was once 
regarded as an important state paper. It is styled, — 

" Vindication | of | General AVashington | from the stigma | of 
adherence to | Secret Societies | by | Joseph Bitner | Governor 
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, | communicated | by | 
request of the House of Eepresentatives, to that Body, | on the 
8th of March, 1837." 

* See illustration, page 198. See, also, page 104. 
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It states that, — 

" The wide-trumpeted misfortune of his early youth, in be- 
coming a Freemason, has tended more to fasten upon us the 
evils of that society than all the jealous spirit of equality," and 
" even the practical renunciation of the last thirty-one years of 
his life, and his latest and most solemn precepts on the subject 
of lawless combinations, have failed to atone for his early indis- 
cretion or to remove the danger." 



Governor Ritner thought that in Washington's 
Farewell Address that statesman referred to the Ma- 
sonic Fraternity when he spoke of the danger of " all 
combinations and associations, under whatever plausi- 
ble character, with the real design to direct, control, 
counteract, or awe, the regular deliberations and actions 
of the constituted authorities." 

After making some further quotations from the 
address, the Governor continues : 

"It will be perceived that "Washington here makes no ex- 
press mention of Freemasonry. It would have been undignified 
in him to have alluded by name to any particular society ; espe- 
cially to one whose bloated existence was even then marked 
with its own destruction, although it could count back to a bar- 
room birth in an obscure tavern of London, in the year 1717, 
and whose only chance of immortality would be such mention 
by him, as loathsome insects are sometimes found preserved in 
the purest amber." 

Neither Washington nor Grand Master Smith 
seemed to have had any such idea, when the latter pre- 

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sented the address of our Grand Lodge, December 28, 
1796, referring to the Farewell Address as " an inval- 
uable legacy," only a few months after the Farewell 
Address had been delivered. 

The " Vindication," while most illogical and mis- 
leading, as well as untrue in many of its statements, 
is entertaining reading. 

After Washington's death, among the articles found 
" in the study" were " 1 Japan Box containing a 
Mason's Apron," which was appraised at forty dollars 
(whether this was the Lafayette or the Watson & Cos- 
soul apron, cannot now be told), and " 1 piece of Oil- 
cloth containing the Orders of Masonry," appraised at 
fifty dollars. How this floor-cloth or " Lodge" came 
into Washington's possession, and what became of it, 
are not known. 

Among his books were the Pennsylvania " Ahiman 
Rezon," appraised at one dollar ; the Maryland " New 
Ahiman Rezon," appraised at one dollar and fifty 
cents, possibly on account of its richer binding ; the 
Massachusetts " Constitutions," appraised at one dol- 
lar ; a volume of " Masonic Sermons," appraised at 
fifty cents (the three preceding are now in the Boston 
Athenaeum), and five volumes of the Sentimental and 
Masonic Magazine, from July, 1792, to December, 
1794, published in Dublin, Ireland, by " John Jones 
sole Proprietor," and sent by him with a compliment- 
ary letter, dated January 25, 1795, in which he states 
his intention of prefixing a portrait of the President, 

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RARE MASONIC PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON 

From Tin Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, June, A.D. 1795 









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" executed by an Irish artist in an elegant manner,'' 
to the sixth volume, and dedicating it to His Excel- 
lency; and he hopes "that that liberty will not be 
deemed too presumptuous." They are now in the 
library of Bishop John F. Hurst, of Washington, 
D. C. 

The June, 1795, number of the magazine, accord- 
ingly, is " embellished" with " a portrait of his Excel- 
lency George Washington, supported by emblematic 
Figures," one of which, Justice, wears a Masonic 
apron, upon which are depicted the square and com- 
passes. In the foreground is an open book, with " Vide 
Aude Tace" on the right-hand page, and the letter 
" G," irradiated, on the left. The name of the en- 
graver is not given. At the top is " Engraved for the 
Masonic Magazine." * 

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has always 
honored Washington, and its roll contains no less 
than six Lodges named in his honor; and in this 
Jurisdiction, when a Table Lodge is opened, one of the 
three regular toasts is " The Memory of our Deceased 
Brother Geoege Washington." 

In 1850, our Grand Lodge appropriated the sum of 
five hundred dollars to procure a block of white Penn- 
sylvania marble for the Washington National Monu- 
ment at Washington, D. C., and this block, suitably 
and beautifully carved, you may see at the landing one 



* See illustration opposite. 
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hundred and eighty feet from the ground. We have 
these photographs of it.* 

In the time at my disposal it is not possible to refer 
to all the good qualities which characterize the good 
man and the good Mason such as were found in Wash- 
ington. I speak of but one, charity. 

In looking over his cash accounts, so many of which 
are preserved, I was interested to find so often the entry 
" For charity." I quote a few entries between the 
years 1756 and 1760 : " By cash to a crippled man 5/." 
" By cash gave a man who had his house burnt £1." 
" By a beggar Woman 5/." " By cash given to the 
Charity sermon £1-1-3." " By cash gave for the suf- 
ferers at Boston by fire £12." 

One entry may interest many of my younger 
Brethren: "May 30, 1760 By Treating the Ladies 
4/." 

In a letter which he wrote November 26, 1775, from 
Cambridge, to his manager at Mount Vernon, Wash- 
ington said, — 

" Let the hospitality of the house be kept with respect to the 
poor. Let no one go away hungry. If any of this kind of 
people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, pro- 
vided it does not encourage them in idleness." 

We see the quality of charity or love in an incident 
during the Revolutionary War. I quote from a letter 

* See illustrations, pages 198 and 209. See, also, page 38. 

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to the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Montgomery, 
Lodge, No. 68, of New York, recorded in the minutes 
of December 4, 1839 : 

" I congratulate you and the members of Montgomery Lodge 
of which I am proud to be one, on having received from Bro. 
Frayne a Masonic apron and scart which are peculiarly inter- 
esting on account of the illustrious associations connected with 
them, and the bright example of Masonic and Brotherly affec- 
tion which their past history so strikingly illustrates. 

" During the American Eevolution, when war and the deadly 
strife of battle raged with unbridled fury throughout this conti- 
nent, it happened that among the spoils taken from the British 
was the chest of Sergeant Kelly of the 22d Eegiment, which 
contained all the venerable relics now presented to us by Bro. 
Frayne. As soon as General Washington was apprised of this 
fact, . . . forgetting the asperities of war, he immediately sent 
back the chest, with a courteous letter to Sergeant Kelly, that 
the Americans although fighting for the liberty of their country, 
did not feel disposed to wage war against benevolent and chari- 
table institutions." 

We are told by the American Brother, who was the 
means of transmitting the relics to Montgomery Lodge, 
that Sergeant Kelly, after his arrival home, lived to a 
good old age, and 

" on his dying bed, surrounded by his kindred, and among the 
number was an old and tried friend, who was a Brother Mason 
[Brother Frayne, I take it], he ordered the sash and apron to 
be produced, and calling his old friend and comrade to his side, 
exacted from him a promise, to forward, after his death, the 
same to Montgomery Lodge, in New York City, with an accom- 
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of the kindness and fraternal regard of George Washington 
toward an humble brother and a stranger, and as a testimonial 
that 'the memory of the just is blessed, and shall live and 
flourish like the green bay tree.' " 



I am informed by the Secretary of Montgomery 
Lodge that the sash and apron have disappeared. 

Ability is wanting in me to do full justice to the 
very interesting subject which has been assigned to 
me ; I have endeavored to present facts, not fancies, in 
Washington's Masonic life, and to give you some of 
his well-authenticated words. 

My Brethren, I think you will now believe with me 
that the prayer which was offered in that dimly lighted 
Lodge-room in the old brick Market-House, in far-off 
little Fredericksburg, on that November evening, one 
hundred and fifty years ago, was abundantly answered, 
and that that candidate for Freemasonry did, indeed, 
dedicate his life to the service of God, and become a 
true and faithful Brother among us. 

Faithful and true he was ; and so, until to each one 
of us there comes, one by one, the summons which all 
must obey, let us be faithful and true, so that he and 
you and I, as he himself said to us of Pennsylvania, 
may hereafter "meet as brethren in the Celestial 
Temple of the Supreme Architect ;" or until all our 
expectant eyes shall behold the sun of time to set 
behind the everlasting hills, when to finite minds shall 
be revealed the infinite eternity of God. 

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The Brethren then sang " Hail, Columbia !' happy 
land," to The President's March. 

Brother Stewart L. Woodford, Past Master of 
Continental Lodge, No. 287, New York, addressed 
Grand Lodge : 

WASHINGTON AS A CITIZEN 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Breth- 
ren of the Grand Lodge : 

At this hour my words shall be few. 

Before the altar of Masonry have stood the high 
and the lowly, the titled and the commoner, the rich 
and the poor, the master and the workman, in the ab- 
solute equality of our Brotherhood. His Majesty the 
present King of England was Grand Master of 
Masons until his accession to the throne. To-day the 
President of our Republic, all official rank being laid 
aside, meets with us upon this level of manhood and 
fraternity. 

To each and all of this vast and far-reaching Broth- 
erhood, whose Lodges girdle the globe, the admonition 
has been given, as it was given to each of us, before 
any obligation of Masonry was assumed, that nothing 
would be asked that should interfere with our duty to 
our family, our country, or our God. 

The better Mason a man is, the better Citizen will 
he be, and the better Citizen the truer Mason. 

Our Craft teaches that complete manhood is built 

upon foundations that are four-squared. These foun- 

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dations are, first, the sound body ; next, the sound 
mind ; then the sound moral sense ; and lastly, the 
masterful will that takes all these and out of them 
builds, fashions, and perfects manhood and citizenship. 

The Brother in whose memory we meet to-day was 
fortunate in having all these essential conditions for 
the four-squared foundation on which the pyramid of 
his life and character was reared until the apex was 
such complete manhood as has been given to but few 
men to attain. 

Washington was a robust, muscular man of mag- 
nificent physique and great endurance. He could 
ride, swim, jump, run, shoot, and wrestle with the best. 
There have been few leaders among men who have not 
been strong in body as well as strong in brain and will. 
Instinctively, when we think of a really great man, we 
think of a man who has the physical ability to do, to 
endure, and to win his struggle by physical strength. 

Washington had the sound mind. He had this 
possession in its best practical form, that complete 
common sense which comprehends all, which measures 
and weighs all, which decides wisely, which rises to 
the altitude of absolute genius. 

Washington had the clear, sound, moral sense. 
There are men who reason strongly and logically, but 
who, in moral crises, reason too often from a false 
moral basis. He saw straight through to the right 
and the wrong of every question that came to him for 
decision. 

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He had also the masterful will that made him coura- 
geous, forceful, strenuous, dominant. Acting on his 
well-developed body, this made him physically brave ; 
acting on his sound mind, it made his judgment 
almost unerring ; acting on his clear moral sense, it 
made him a rock where truth and right were at issue ; 
acting on each and all and through each and all, this 
forceful will made him first among his countrymen — 
almost the first among the greatest of our human kind. 

Washington left school in 1745, when he was 
thirteen years old, and never thereafter had systematic y 
scholastic training. For four years, under the hard 
necessity of earning his livelihood, he assisted in plan- 
tation work and took field lessons in surveying. At 
seventeen he entered the public service, and his life as 
official and citizen began. He was the appointed Sur- 
veyor of Culpeper County. He died fifty years there- 
after, at the age of sixty-seven. During all those years, 
excepting only seven, he was, in some cajmcity or other, 
in the public employment, — as surveyor, as militia- 
man on the frontier, as member of the Colonial As- 
sembly, as member of the Colonial Congress, as Gen- 
eral of the Continental Army, as President of the 
United States, and, finally, as Lieutenant-General of 
the Nation in prospect of European war. 

During all these years he was ever the true, good cit- 
izen, who never shirked personal political duty. It is 
recorded of him that always when at home at Mount 
Vernon, he voted, he served as juror, and in all quiet, 

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homely, and dignified ways fulfilled the complete duties 
of his citizenship. I name these things thus in detail 
that they may burn themselves this day into our con- 
science and memory. Washington and his compeers 
thus made our Republic possible. Thus and thus only 
shall we make it enduring. 

Let me go back to the beginning of his public ser- 
vice as surveyor and then as militiaman on the western 
frontier of Virginia. For years he lived in the wil- 
derness and among the pioneers and the Indians. He 
slept on the ground and in the snow. He had the joy 
that comes to a brave, strong, hopeful man struggling 
against physical difficulties and dangers. He learned 
in that hard school, as so many of our Fathers learned, 
the meaning of our westward march of civilization 
that has since blazed our way to the Pacific coast, and 
at the last has made stepping-stones of the far islands 
of the Pacific seas on our resistless march to that 
which our fathers called the Orient, but which to us 
is only the new Occident. 

Thus came his duties. Thus passed his life. At 
twenty-six years of age he entered the Legislature of 
Virginia as Burgess ; then elected member of the First 
Congress ; then, at forty-three, chosen to be Commander- 
in-Chief of the Continental Armies. Fitly, and in 
prophecy, was the name chosen, — the Continental Con- 
gress and the Continental Army. That struggle was 
not for the control of thirteen feeble colonies fringed 
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millions of scattered colonists. It was for the mastery 
of a Continent whose sure destiny is to master the 
world — aye, to master the world, not by domination of 
arms, but by the surer, the larger, the final and en- 
during domination of ideas, of truth, of liberty. 

So passed our Brother on, doing each duty as each 
duty came ; bearing often and at times alone the burden 
and the sorrow and the agony and the travail in which 
a nation was born. He passed from labor to labor until 
the hour of refreshment came, and then he passed from 
labor here to that Grand Lodge where the only one and 
true God is forever our Grand Master. 

My Brothers, we are fortunate, and our Craft is 
fortunate, to-day as we keep this Masonic Anniversary, 
that a Brother Mason sits in the Chair of Washington 
in the City that bears our dead Brother's name. As 
Masons we have heard his plea for brotherhood between 
master and workman. Let each of us give answer : 
" So mote it be." 

Greetings were received from the visiting Most 
Worshipful Grand Masters and other Brethren, as 
follows : 

Brother Thomas J. Shryock, Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Masons in Maryland : 

Right Worshipful Grand Master, and Brethren 
of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania : 
I bring you greetings from Maryland, one of the 
thirteen colonies that Washington welded into an 

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embryo nation, which has developed into the magnifi- 
cent Republic of to-day. 

Brother H. Oscar Kerns, Most Worshipful Grand 
Master of Masons in Virginia : 

Right Worshipful Grand Master, President 
Roosevelt, and other Distinguished Breth- 
ren: 

The place where I stand to-day should be to me as 
hallowed ground, for it was here my ancestors landed, 
when they came with William Penn to America. I 
feel therefore that I am not only among my Brethren, 
but that I am among my kinsmen. 

I bring to you the greetings and the thanks of the 
Masons of Virginia, for, in honoring Washington, you 
honor Virginia Masonry, and I thank you in the name 
of the Grand Lodge of Virginia for giving us the 
esteemed privilege of joining with you in doing honor 
to the most illustrious son of America, and the most 
illustrious of American Masons. 

Some may think it strange that his own Mother did 
not take the first step towards celebrating this the Ses- 
qui-centennial of the initiation of her beloved and 
honored son into the mysteries of Freemasonry, but 
she thought it best to unite with others on this occa- 
sion, and she felt glad when it entered into the heart 
of her sister Pennsylvania to have a family reunion, 
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in her beautiful home, and rejoice together on the one 
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of this 
Brother from darkness to Masonic light. 

We have brought with us some of the precious relics 
of by-gone days : here is the old Bible upon whose 
sacred pages our Brother has laid his hands, and which 
his lips have touched to seal his vows, and here are the 
records that show the date of his initiation into the mys- 
teries of Freemasonry. Well may we cherish these links 
of love, that connect us with the past and establish our 
fraternal relations with him, and may our coming here 
bind us together with a fraternal bond, invincible, in- 
destructible, not made with hands, but eternal in the 
Heavens. 

Brother W. Holt Apgar, Most Worshipful Grand 
Master of Masons in New Jersey : 

Bight Worshipful Grand Master, President 
Brother, and Brethren : 
The memories of Valley Forge, Morristown, Prince- 
ton, Monmouth, Brandywine, and Germantown are 
called up to-day, as we meet and clasp hands with our 
Brethren of Pennsylvania. We see, above it all, 
Washington, with his majestic presence, and his 
character being there tried as the crucible is tried by 
the fire. My Brethren across the river made historical 
and memorable, because upon its banks were fought 
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to-day to mingle with you — you who love to labor with 
those in the mystic tie. We thank you, and we are glad 
indeed that we can this day join you in celebrating 
one of the events of the Masonic Brotherhood. 
Masonry was to Washington a strong, living, 
breathing reality, which helped him to endure. My 
Brethren, if your grasp of Masonry is as deep and 
broad as was Washington's, it will help you to be as 
he was. 

May this be one of the lessons of this day, and in 
that spirit, Bight Worshipful Sir, the Masons of New 
Jersey greet our Brethren, the President, and you of 
Pennsylvania, who have made this pleasure possible. 

Brother Harry H. Myers, Most Worshipful Grand 
Master of Masons in Arkansas : 

Bight Worshipful Grand Master, President 
boosevelt, and brethren of the grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania : 
I come to you to-day from the far-off Southland, — 
from Arkansas, the land of the magnolia and the birds ; 
that land where the sunshine has grasped and warmed 
our products ; that land whose moonbeams are diluted 
with heaven's dew, and whose fruit is known all over 
the world. From the true and loyal hearts of the 
Fraternity of Arkansas I bring you most cordial greet- 
ing. In Arkansas we recognize Masonry as an institu- 
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institution that was hewn into the images of right and 
justice from the very rock of truth itself. 

We practise in Arkansas that broad fraternal 
brotherhood which characterizes Masonry and should 
characterize us in every act and walk of life. We be- 
lieve, as Masons, in that government which makes 
it possible for us to pursue our several vocations of 
life, and properly educate our children ; in that gov- 
ernment where the Chief Magistrate of this, the 
greatest nation the world has ever known, represents 
the supremacy of the law. 

Most Worshipful Sir, from Arkansas, from the far- 
off Southland, I bring you most fraternal and cordial 
greeting. 

Brother Arthur C. Wheeler, Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Masons in Connecticut : 

I am awfully glad we are here ; we came very near 
not getting here. While the Masons of Connecticut 
try to be good Masons, they have proved to-day that 
they are poor sailors, and for six or seven hours we 
were in New York Harbor. 

We arrived just in time to hear the splendid tribute 
paid by Brother Woodford, but missed the address 
by our illustrious President, and regret it. Right 
Worshipful Sir, though Connecticut is small in area, 
in proportionate numbers it compares with many of 
the other Jurisdictions, and I bring you our warmest 
greeting. We love to respect and admire the history 

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made by our illustrious President, Washington, and 
we admire, Sir, the enthusiasm of Pennsylvania, which 
has made it possible for us to meet with you to-day. 

Brother David F. Mason, Most Worshipful Grand 
Master of Masons in Idaho : 

Brethren, it is gratifying indeed to stand before 
this assembly after having a six days' ride across the 
country to do it. 

I hail from Idaho, one of the paradises of the West, 
where a miner lays down his pick and shovel only long 
enough to attend the Masonic Lodge. 

Masonry in Idaho is becoming very prevalent. 
When I first took up my citizenship in Idaho, some 
fifteen years ago, we had three hundred and fifty 
Masons in the State ; to-day we have three thousand 
five hundred in thirty eight Lodges, all working nicely, 
and Masonry is growing and progressive. 

I am, indeed, glad to be with you, and I bring to 
you the greetings of our Grand Lodge. 

Brother Edward T. D. Chambers, Most Worshipful 
Past Grand Master of Masons in Quebec : 

From the far northeast corner of this American 
Continent, where the Brethren endeavor to dissipate 
many adverse surroundings from without to keep alive 
the sacred fires of Masonry upon their altars, I bring 
warmest greetings, Sir, from the Jurisdiction of Quebec. 

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The Brethren there owe obedience to the Jurisdiction 
of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, which claims Juris- 
diction as far north as the Pole, and as far east as 
where the waters of the Atlantic lie on the coast of 
Labrador. I promised before leaving home to extend 
to you the regret of the Grand Master of our Grand 
Lodge. It must have been a very severe blow to him 
to feel that his health would not permit him to come 
here. 

Although he has been prominent in our social and 
Masonic life for many years, he is a native of Glen 
Falls, in New York, and still retains his American 
citizenship, and his love for American Masonry. I 
thank you for the privilege of speaking for him and 
the Masons of our Jurisdiction, and I thank you, Sir, 
for the hospitality, not only that has been extended to 
me upon this occasion, but I recall the splendid hos- 
pitality in which I was enabled to participate with 
several other visitors from our Jurisdiction some 
fifteen years ago, upon the occasion of your magnificent 
celebration of the Centennial of your independence 
as a sovereign Grand Lodge. I cannot but express 
my sympathy with you when I notice the absence of 
so many familiar faces, among them, the then Grand 
Master, Brother Coppee Mitchell, and Brother 
Vaux, with whom I was on familiar terms. 

Brother Harry J. Guthrie, Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Masons in Delaware : 

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Eight Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren : 
I thank you for the privilege of presenting you the 
greetings of the smallest Jurisdiction, save one, in the 
country. We are small, and while to-day we are con- 
sidering all over the country, and the question is being 
agitated, " Who is the oldest Mason ?" I will say that 
right back here in the corner came this suggestion, 
" Who is the youngest Grand Master ?" Finally, I 
established myself as the youngest Grand Master here 
to-day, and, as the youngest from one of the smallest 
Jurisdictions, I wish to convey to you the greetings of 
my people. Also, to convey to you the greetings of the 
Commonwealth that sheltered Lafayette, who was 
the companion and who upheld the hands of the 
illustrious patriot of whom we have heard so much 
to-day. 

Brother Charles T. Gallagher, Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts : 

Eight Worshipful Sir : 

What more can be said for Massachusetts than has 
already been expressed? She is counted among the 
galaxy of Sister Grand Lodges for whom I have already 
responded, but if a special greeting is needed I give 
you on the moment this sentiment : Pennsylvania 
and Massachusetts ; Philadelphia and Boston ; Wil- 
liam Penn and Cotton Mather ; the Quaker and the 
Puritan ; the austerity and asperity of their religious 
zeal, softened and liberalized with time, have produced 

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descendants who meet as Masons in this presence and 
around a common board with " Friendship, Morality, 
and Brotherly Love." 

Brother John C. Yocum, Most Worshipful Grand 
Master of Masons in Missouri : 

Bight Worshipful Grand Master : 

I am pleased to be here to-day representing the 
Grand Jurisdiction of old Missouri. Probably many 
of you know that the citizens of Missouri are called 
" Mossbacks," but I want to show you that that is 
untrue, because I am pleased to be here to-day to 
bring greetings to this Grand Lodge from over six 
thousand loyal, true Masons of that Jurisdiction. I 
want to assure you that there is no moss on their backs. 
The only moss you see in Missouri grows on very 
crooked trees. It gives me special pleasure to come 
back here for this reason, that while I have been 
a citizen of the Jurisdiction of Missouri for sixteen 
years, yet Pennsylvania is the home of my birth, and 
it affords me a special pleasure to come back to my 
old home. 

Brother William A. Stone, Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania : 

Bight Worshipful Sir : 

One of the Brethren a moment ago spoke of " a 
common board," and as I am particularly anxious to 

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get better acquainted with that board, I will simply 
defer what I have to say. 

Brother Everett C. Benton, representing the Most 
Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Vermont : 

Like getting into the Union, I was a little late. 
We were lost in the fog in New York Bay, but the 
Grand Lodge of Vermont brings cordial greetings to 
you. 

Brother Benjamin Titus, Most Worshipful Past 
Grand Master of Masons in Arizona : 

Brethren, I feel very grateful for this opportunity 
of visiting the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and to 
have an opportunity of beholding the priceless relics 
which you have in charge, — emblems for future gener- 
ations of Masons. They are a priceless treasure, which 
I hope will be preserved among the Fraternity for 
numbers of years to come. 

I thank you very much, Right Worshipful Grand 
Master, for the privilege you have afforded me of 
saying something to the Brethren here to-day. 

Brother William L. Swan, Past Master of Matin e- 
cock Lodge, No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York : 

We have heard this afternoon about the Arcadian 
period, when Brother Washington was initiated and 
conducted into the Masonic Lodge. There seems to be 
a dispute as to who had the honor of conferring the 
Degree upon him, and as to what Master or officers 

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assisted in the work of conferring the Degree, but there 
is no mistake whatever as to who initiated Brother 
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay into Matinecock Lodge, No. 
806, and who took part in conferring the Degree upon 
that Brother. I am very proud of that, because as a 
man he illustrates the best principles of citizenship, 
and he has always, before he was a Mason, lived up to 
all the ideals of Masonry. We were glad to have him, 
as an old friend and neighbor, become a Brother Mason 
and through our Lodge bring him into the Fraternity. 
I thank you for the pleasure of being with you this 
afternoon. 

Brother Frank E. Bullard, Bight Worshipful 
Deputy Grand Master of Masons in Nebraska : 

I bring you greetings from two hundred and twenty- 
five Lodges and twelve or fifteen thousand Masons from 
the Jurisdiction of Nebraska. We have not the tradi- 
tions of Valley Forge, but our traditions are the Sioux, 
the Pawnees, the Winnebagoes, and other Indian tribes 
with whose names you are familiar. We look back to 
you for our inspiration for all that goes to make up 
good citizenship. I am proud and glad to bring you 
the greetings of the Freemasons of Nebraska. 

Major-General Brother John B. Brooke, of Stich- 
ter Lodge, No. 254 : 

I do not know what I could say to this assembly 
which would be interesting in the way of Masonry, 

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and do not want to inflict them with what I do know 
something about, which is not very much, in my pro- 
fession. In the old Masonic Temple on Chestnut 
Street, many years ago, I was inducted into the Colum- 
bia Royal Arch Chapter. On a few occasions since 
that date, I have been a visitor to other Chapters. My 
own Lodge was No. 340, of Pennsylvania, but I was 
transferred to No. 254, of which I am now a member 
in good standing. Being born in this country and 
having been a wanderer for forty-four years, I now 
come back to the Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, from 
which I have never severed my connection, to resume 
my citizenship here, and spend the rest of my life 
among those whom I have always regarded as my 
friends, aside from the Mystic Shrine. 

I can only say, Right Worshipful Grand Master, 
that I had better follow the example of recent speakers 
in brevity, with a declaration that in the future one 
hundred and fiftieth celebration we would all like to 
be here. 

Brother- John M. Carter, Most Worshipful Past 
Grand Master of Masons in Maryland : 

I had supposed that our little adjoining State below 
that line that separates the North from the South had 
already been heard from. 

In supplementing what our Chief has said, I have to 
add that, when the great engineers who ran that line 
and separated us geographically had concluded their 

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labors, they forgot to separate the friendship and love 
of the citizens of the two States, and that we are as 
much welded together now after a lapse of a century or 
more, both Masonically and socially, as when they ran 
that line. 

Brother John Wanamaker, of Friendship Lodge, 
No. 400 : 

Eight Worshipful Grand Master : 

You have certainly struck me a blow. I presumed 
it would be only the dignitaries who would be speakers 
to-day, and I can only say a single word of the impres- 
sions that have been made upon me by this congress of 
Masons, and the example that it gives of the oneness 
of the Brotherhood in the United States, and to put 
alongside of it what to me was the most marvellous 
revelation of the breadth and strength of this great 
Fraternity, when I was asked to sit down at a banquet 
in Bombay with Mohammedans and Hindoos, together 
with Scotchmen, Englishmen, and Americans ; and they 
reached out their hands to me, not as a foreigner, as 
they termed me, but as a Mason. The Brotherhood in 
Ceylon and India was something that you could not 
explain in words, or speak of in such a way as to give 
a fair impression. They look at a man, no matter 
where he comes from, if he is a Mason, as a Brother, 
and the whole impression that they seemed to convey 
was that they belonged to a great company of men who 
were trying to get hold of other men, to make more of 

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a man in the man. They take them in their arms. I 
thank you very much for the lessons that I have learned 
from each of the speakers ; from my eloquent friend 
General Woodford, and especially for the finished 
sermon, and a better I have not heard in ten years, 
which Brother Roosevelt has preached us. 

I thank you very much for the compliment you have 
paid me. 

Brother George H. Walker, Bight Worshipful 
Deputy Grand Master of Masons in the District of 
Columbia : 

I did not expect to be called upon, but I certainly 
wish to say for the District of Columbia that I bring 
the greetings of the Grand Lodge and of nearly seven 
thousand Masons of that Jurisdiction, and I bring 
you their good wishes for the success of this celebra- 
tion. 

There is just one thought that has occurred to me 
during these exercises. I would like to give utterance 
to it. That is, that Washington and all his generals, 
in fact, of those who formed this government, a large 
majority were Masons, and when the new underlying 
principles of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity for 
men were proclaimed, I doubt not but that the inspira- 
tion of the form of these principles came from the 
Lodge-room. They had the opportunity to create a 
visible throne in our midst, but, Brethren, they created 
a throne in the heart, or, as it has been said, — 

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" There is nothing so kingly as Kindness, 
There is nothing so loyal as Truth." 

I deem it a great privilege to be called upon to speak. 

Brother George Washington Baird, Most Wor- 
shipful Past Grand Master of Masons in the District 
of Columbia : 

Right Worshipful Grand Master : 

I suppose the ground has been so well covered that 
there is nothing left for me to say. I bring to you 
greetings of the six thousand Masons of the smallest 
territory in the Union, but perhaps it contains a larger 
percentage of Masons than any territory in the world. 
It is rapidly becoming a centre of education, of music 
and polytechnics, and already is the centre of states- 
manship. 

It has been my pleasure and my honor, since the 
death of the illustrious Singleton, to write the review 
of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodges. I like to 
bear testimony that the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 
sticks closer to its principles, to its tenets, than any 
other I have been so far able to read. 

After Brother Stone had spoken, the Brethren sang 
"Hail, Masonry Divine!" to America. During the 
singing, Brother Boosevelt withdrew from Grand 
Lodge, being escorted by Brothers Samuel B. Dick 
and William J. Kelly, Right Worshipful Past 
Grand Masters. 

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Grand Lodge was closed in harmony at 3 o'clock 

25 minutes p.m. Grand Chaplain Right Reverend 

Brother Cortlandt Whitehead, D.D., offered the 

following 

PRAYER 

O Lord, our God, great Architect of the Universe, 
King of kings and Lord of lords, the only Ruler of 
Nations, we adore Thy Name for the manifold blessings 
of Thy merciful providence bestowed upon this people 
and Nation. Especially do we thank Thee for the good 
examples of those whom thou didst enable to establish 
this Nation on the principles of freedom, truth, and 
justice. And for Thy servant, George Washington, 
we thank Thee, raised up by Thy providence to be the 
leader of this people and the Father of his country. 
We venerate his memory and commemorate his vir- 
tues ; and we pray that as we celebrate this festal day 
we may learn to become more and more worthy sons of 
noble sires. Send Thy blessing, we pray Thee, upon 
this beloved land and upon our honored Fraternity. 
May peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion 
and piety, be established among us for all generations ! 
And as we separate to our widely scattered homes, 
may the blessing of Heaven rest on us and on all reg- 
ular Freemasons ! May we practise out of the Lodge 
those principles of religion and morality we are taught 
within it ! May every moral and social virtue cement 
us in the bonds of peace and fraternal love, and procure 
Thy gracious favor, O blessed Lord God, who livest 

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and reignest in indescribable glory and happiness, for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Eesponse by the Brethren : So mote it be ! 

While the Officers and Guests of the Grand Lodge 
withdrew, the Orchestra played the march from Tann- 
hauser. 

Brother Roosevelt, after having partaken of re- 
freshment in the Grand Banquet Hall, was escorted 
by Past Grand Masters Dick and Kelly to Broad 
Street Station, whence the President departed for 
Washington at 3.40 p.m. 



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THE WASHINGTON RELICS 





1 




2 


3 


4 


5 6 


7 


8 


9 10 




11 






12 







The picture opposite shows the Washington relics 
and photographs which were in the ^ Grand Lodge at 
the time of the Sesqui-centennial Celebration. They 
may be identified by the numbers in the diagram given 
here. 

No. 1. Photographs of the block of white Penn- 
sylvania marble donated by the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania in 1851 to the Washington National 
Monument, at Washington, D. C. (See page 38.) 

No. 2. The Bible on which Washington took his 
obligation in Fredericksburg Lodge, in Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia, on November 4, 1752. A description 
is given on page 119. This and No. 3 and No. 4 
were brought by a deputation from Fredericksburg- 
Lodge, No. 4, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 

No. 3. Minutes of Fredericksburg Lodge from Sep- 
tember 1, 1752, to and including September 1, 1753, 
covering the time of the entering, passing, ana raising 
of Washington, and showing his attendance. 

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No. 4. Frame containing a lock of Washington's 
hair. 

No. 5. Minute-book of Solomon's Lodge, No. 1, 
Poughkeepsie, New York, showing Washington pres- 
ent as a visitor. This was loaned by Brother Edward 
M. L. Ehlees, Most Worshipful Grand Secretary of 
the Grand Lodge of New York. (See page 137.) 

No. 6. Gavel used by Washington when he laid 
the corner-stone of the National Capitol, at Washing- 
ton, D. C, September 18, 1793. This was brought by 
a deputation from Potomac Lodge, No. 5, Washington, 
D. C. (See page 158.) 

This gavel was used by Right Worshipful Grand 
Master Vaux, in 1868, in laying the corner-stone of 
the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia, and by Right 
Worshipful Grand Master Kelly, in 1898, in laying 
the corner-stone of the new State Capitol in Harris- 
burg. 

No. 7. Frame containing an autograph letter from 
Washington to Brothers Watson and Cossoul, thank- 
ing them for a Masonic apron and sash, now belonging 
to Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22 ; a lock of 
Washington's hair ; and a miniature of Washing- 
ton. (See page 137.) 

This was loaned by the Committee on Antiquities of 
the Grand Lodge of New York. 

No. 8. The Bible on which Washington took the 
oath as President of the United States for the first time, 
April 30, 1789. 

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The Bible is bound in red morocco, with gilt orna- 
mentations and edges, and silver ornamentations ; is 
eleven inches high, nine inches wide, and three and 
one-half inches thick. It was published in London, in 
1767, by Mark Baskett, and contains a large picture 
of George II., and is handsomely illustrated with 
Biblical scenes. It is opened at the place where Wash- 
ington kissed the book, — the forty-ninth and fiftieth 
chapters of Genesis. The picture on the left is of 
" The blessing of Zebulun" and " Jacobs prophefie of 
Iffachar." 

This was brought by a deputation from St. John's 
Lodge, No. 1, New York. (See page 152.) 

No. 9. The Beply of Washington, in his hand- 
writing, to the Address presented by the Grand Lodge 
of Pennsylvania, December 28, 1796. 

The address and reply will be found at pages 36 and 
37. 

No. 10. Gold urn containing a lock of Washington's 
hair, sent by Mrs. Washington to the Grand Lodge 
of Massachusetts, and standing on a mahogany pedes- 
tal, the urn and pedestal being the handiwork of 
Brother Paul Bevere, Most Worshipful Past Grand 
Master of Massachusetts. 

This was brought by Brother Charles T. Galla- 
gher, Most Worshipful Grand Master of Massachu- 
setts. (See pages 104 and 170.) 

No. 11. Photographs of the Book of Constitution 
presented to Washington by the Grand Lodge of 

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Pennsylvania in 1787. The book is now in the Library 
of Brown University, at Providence, Rhode Island. 
(See page 146.) 

No. 12. The apron presented to Washington, by 
Brother the Marquis de Lafayette, in 1784, which 
was embroidered by his wife. It was worn by Wash- 
ington when he laid the corner-stone of the National 
Capitol. (See page 142.) 

The Lodge notice shown below was sent to Wash- 
ington, and was long treasured by the wife of Presi- 
dent Madison (" Dolly" Madison) ; it is thought to 
be the earliest Masonic Lodge notice known in this 
country, and now belongs to Brother Julius F. 
Sachse, of Philadelphia : 



y) BROTHER, 

(A JL OU are defircd to meet the Master and Brc- 
JKthren aTj^DCE No. 39, Ancient York Ma- 

$SONS, tfflOZi f/jV^ 

Xn at / o'Clock this Evening. 

<A By Order of the Mafter, 

Alexandria, $1^1*40X4 t 178 J 




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THE BANQUET 

The banquet was set out in the newly decorated 
Grand Banquet Hall, the decoration of its walls calling 
out the admiration of all the Brethren. 

The tables were beautifully ornamented with plants, 
chrysanthemums, and other flowers in profusion, and 
hundreds of little electric lights added to the brilliancy 
of the scene. Above and in the rear of the Grand 
Master's seat were the National and State flags, flanked 
effectively by large bay-trees. In the decorations 
above the Grand Master's seat was a receptacle in 
which were hidden canary-birds, which, when the Or- 
chestra played "Listen to the Mocking Bird," were 
released, and flew all about the hall. 

The banquet, which was elegant in all its appoint- 
ments, was prepared and served by Brother Jacob 
Wiener, of Philadelphia, in a most successful manner, 
and received the commendation of all the Brethren. 
For those that could not be accommodated in the 
Grand Banquet Hall, the banquet was served in the 
lower Banqueting-Room, Brother Lewis E. Beitler, 
Worshipful Master of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464, 
representing the Grand Master, and Grace being said by 
Grand Chaplain Reverend Brother Charles H. Bond. 

The banquet began shortly after four o'clock. The 

Temple Chorus and Orchestra sang and played from 

time to time. The arrangement of the tables and seats 

in the Grand Banquet Hall was as follows : 

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THE GRAND BANQUET \ 




3VEMBER 5, A.D. 1902 



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Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M. 



Celebration of the 

Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of 

Washington's Initiation as a Freemason 

in the Masonic Temple 

Philadelphia, Wednesday, November 5th 

A. D. 1902, A. L. 5902 



Diagram of Grand Banquet Hall 



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Even numbers on left side of table 

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Thaddeus S. Adle 
William W. Allen 
Sydenham E. Ancona 
Frederick Anne 
W. Holt Apgar 
Judson Armor 
Michael Arnold 
Robert W. Arnold 
William Auchenbach 



B 

David S. Bachman 
Geo. Washington Baird 
Daniel Baird 
James S. Barber 
Jesse J. Barker 
John H. Barlow 
Norris L. Barratt 
Ezra S. Bartlett 
Benjamin F. Bartram 
Stockton Bates 
Charles A. Beach 
Abraham M. Beitler 
Augustus C. Beitley 
Charles Belcher 
William H. Bellows 
Everett C. Benton 
Franklin Bernard 
Monsaquila Bethel 
Stanley Billheimer 
John F. Birrell 
Julius E. Blamberg 
J. Gray Bolton 
Charles H. Bond 
Peter Boyd 
G. Martin Brill 
Jacob H. Bromwell 
John R. Brooke 
James W. Brown 
T. Darlington Buckwalter 
Frank E. Bullard 
George J. Burns 



E 311 
B 71 
B 99 
C 164 
E 273 
B 96 
D 190 
B 38 
B 103 



D 213 
C 115 
E 316 
C 155 
E 306 
B 30 
B 55 
B 41 
D 211 
E 298 
B 53 
B 65 
E 349 
E 292 
E 325 
D 195 
D 255 
D 257 
C 122 
B 34 
C 181 
B 28 
E 282 
E 278 
117 
289 
46 
12 
E 333 
C 118 
D 261 



John M. Carter C 127 

Charles Cary C 109 

William B. Chalfant C 187 
Edward T. D. Chambers D 200 

Walter Chandler E 276 

Harry F. Charles B 42 

Charles S. Clark D 239 

J. Clement Clark C 119 

Walter D. Clark D 233 

William J. Clark D 232 

Samuel M. Clement C 138 

James H. Codding B 76 

George B. Cole D 272 

Owen M. Copelin E 321 

Alexander R. Corbet E 308 



D 

Dallas 
Day 
Day 
Day 



Robert E. 
Conrad B. 
Joseph W. 
Martin H. 
Samuel Hall Day 
Henry M. Dechert 
William H. Denlinger 
Samuel B. Dick 
William Dick 
David T. Dickson 
William J. Diehl 
Lewis Dixon 
Ellis H. Doan 
Horace A. Doan 
William M. Donaldson 
Ezra C. Doty 
James B. Duffy 
C. Penrose Dull 



John S. Eby 
George Eiler, Jr. 
Henry Einwechter 
George W. Ekings 
William L. Elkins 
Alexander Elliott 
William R. Ellis 
Josiah W. Ewan 



C 157 
A 4 
E 313 
D 271 
D 289 
D 225 
B 84 
A 16 
C 171 
C 154 
B 359 
E 351 
B 50 
C 133 
B 70 
C 159 
D 224 
D 227 



D 256 
C 146 
D 244 
D 243 
D 194 
E 322 
D 192 
E 284 



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Robert W. Fagan 


E 329 


John R. Fanshawe 


E 302 


John W. Farnsworth 


B 85 


E. Lawrence Fell 


E 338 


J. Ridgway Fell 


B 75 


Wilson I. Fleming 


B 48 


Robert H. Foerderer 


C 145 


J. Franklin Fort 


A 15 


Levi G. Fouse 


D 242 


Samuel L. French 


B 102 



Charles T. Gallagher 
Sylvester S. Garwood 
Henry J. Gideon 
Spencer C. Gilbert 
W. Rush Gillan 
John S. P. Gobin 
John D. Goff 
Samuel M. Goodyear 
William L. Gorgas 
George S. Graham 
Walter D. Green 
Stephen Greene 
Isaac N. Grubb 
George W. Guthrie 
Harry J. Guthrie 

H 

William B. Hackenburg 
Amos H. Hall 
George W. Hall (121) 
George W. Hall (211) 
Josiah C. Hall 
William H. Hamann 
Samuel Hamilton 
William M. Hamilton 
William B. Hanna 
Kennedy C. Hayes 
James M. Hedenberg 
George E. Heinbach 
Matthias H. Henderson 
Robert E. Henszey 



A 13 


D 214 


C 174 


D 209 


E 315 


D 193 


E 326 


E 319 


D 251 


E 275 


C 166 


C 150 


E 305 


A 17 


D 204 



B 32 
E 341 
E 336 
D 223 
D 264 
D 207 
C 134 
D 217 
B 63 
D 270 
D 229 
E 307 
C 105 
B 97 



H 

R. Hopewell Hepburn 
William Hertzler 
George Herzog 
George S. Hibbs 
Frank M. Highley 
Maurice Hirsh 
Azariah W. Hoopes 
A. Randolph Howard 
George A. Howe 
J. Harry Hughes 
William H. Hurkamp 
Daniel W. Hutchin 



Henry H. Ingersoll 
Benjamin F. Irving 

J 

Jacob W. Jackson 
Lewis H. Jackson 
Bushrod W. James 
John E. James 
James Jarden, Jr. 
Hibbert P. John 
George Massey Jones 
John J. Jones 
John H. Jordan 
William B. Joslyn 

K 

William J. Kelly 
Kosciusko Kemper 
Freeland Kendrick 
George W. Kendrick, Jr. 
George W. Kendrick, 3d 
Murdock Kendrick 
Henry G Keplar 
H. Oscar Kerns 
George Kessler 
Edward P. Kingsbury 
John L. Kinsey 
David S. Kloss 



E 317 
B 100 
E 339 
301 
188 
35 
320 
39 
24 
178 
31 
168 



D 191 
B 92 



D 228 
D 216 
E 291 
B 51 
B 79 
B 33 
D 215 
E 331 
D 267 
C 162 



B 21 


D 199 


C 142 


C 361 


C 140 


B 64 


B 91 


A 10 


C 139 


D 238 


C 112 


C 121 



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Isaac E. La Barre 
James M. Lamberton 
John W. Lansinger 
James W. Latta 
George H. Lee 
Gilbert L. Lentz 
Arno Leonhardt ( 
Walter S. Letherbury 
Charles W. Letsch 
Robert J. Linden 
Charles T. Lindsey 
James M. Lingle 
John H. Lofland 
Samuel Loughlin 
Frank B. Lynch 
E. Oram Lyte 

M 

Alexander J. H. Mackie 
George W. Maclaughlin 
Matthew M. MacMillan 
William H. Maneely 
Charles H. Mann 
Howard March 
David E. Mason 
Franklin P. Mason 
Henry V. Massey 
William W. Matos 
Charles H. Maull 
William B. Meredith 
Max Meyerhardt 
David Jay Meyers 
William J. Milligan 
George T. Montgomery 
George D. Moore 
Henry D. Moore 
J. Hampton Moore 
J. Thomas Moore 
William G. Moore 
Alexander H. Morgan 
William H. Morgan 
Lewis B. Morrow 
J. Bird Moyer 
M. Richards Muckle 
Frederick Munch 



D 262 
A 20 
E 314 
B 47 
B 27 
B 45 
E 337 
D 212 
E 344 
129 
126 
312 
152 
175 
290 
124 



E 328 
E 283 
C 135 
B 88 
E 288 
C 107 

C no 

C 167 
B 77 
E 310 
D 208 
D 228 
C 106 
D 240 
C 141 
E 304 
B 360 
B 56 
B 62 
C 177 
B 54 
C 132 
D 230 
D 237 
C 180 
E 279 
C 137 



M 




Charles E. Meyer 


D 250 


Harry H. Myers 


B 23 


John P. McBean 


C 170 


George Nox McCain 


C 183 


Guy P. McCandless 


D 263 


Henry J. McCarthy 


B 57 


S. Kingston McCay 


C 125 


William McCoach 


C 143 


John S. J. McConnell 


A 2 


Thomas McConnell 


C 144 


George McCormick 


E 334 


George McCurdy 


C 131 


James W. McDowell 


D 235 


William D. Mcllroy 


D 219 


Frank Craft McKee 


E 346 


Frank D. McLain 


E 348 


Frank McSparron 


B 72 


N 




Thomas B. Neely 


D 221 


I. Roberts Newkirk 


C 182 


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John O'Donnel 


C 149 


Richard G. Oellers 


E 330 


George B. Orlady 


B 61 


Frank C. O'Rourke 


E 323 


P 




Robert E. Pattison 


A 18 


Edward W. Patton 


C 147 


J. Lee Patton 


D 252 


T. Blair Patton 


D 259 


Thomas R. Patton 


A 14 


Thomas R. Patton, Jr. 


C 160 


Thomas F. Penman 


B 78 


Samuel W. Pennypacker 


A 5 


Samuel C. Perkins 


A 6 


John A. Perry 


E 286 


George D. Peters 


E 327 


George H. Phillips 


E 300 


James W. Piatt 


B 101 


Benjamin C. Piza 


D 202 


Henry C. Potter 


A 7 


Frank C. Price 


C 173 


James A. Pugh 


C 158 



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George H. Quaill 


E 318 


Matthew Stanley Quay 


B 59 


Silvanus J. Quinn 


B 43 



McCluney Radcliffe 


B 40 


Joseph W. Range 


E 345 


Thomas H. R. Redway 


E 280 


William B. Reed 


C 163 


I. Layton Register 


E 340 


Harry D. Reutter 


D 253 


G. Taylor Rickards 


C H3 


Max Riebenack 


B 58 


LeBaron Riefsneider 


D 249 


J. Harmer Rile 


D 220 


James W. Robins 


D 189 


Charles H. Rowland 


D 245 


John KL Royal 


B 95 


B. Frank Royer 


D 241 


Lewis Royer 


D 268 


Samuel H. Rhoads 


E 342 


William A. Rhoads 


C 172 


George P. Rupp 


B 66 



Julius F. Sachse 


E 335 


David F. Sawdey 


B 80 


Meyer Schamberg 


C 153 


Edmund D. Scholey 


D 201 


Alton G. Scholl 


E 332 


Walter Scott 


C 185 


Matthias Seddinger 


B 86 


William N. Seibert 


C 151 


John S. Sell 


D 234 


Martin L. Shaffner 


D 246 


William F. Shay 


D 258 


Morris E. Shields 


C 165 


George H. Shirk 


B 98 


Frank W. Silkman 


E 296 


William A. Sinn 


A 9 


William H. Shoemaker 


B 93 


Thomas J. Shryock 


A 8 



Charles H. Smiley 
Atwood Smith 
A. G. Creswell Smith 
Charles Smith 
Charles Emory Smith 
Henry W. Smith 
George W. Speise 
Edward B. Spencer 
Orion P. Sperra 
Edward R. Sponsler 
David H. Spotts 
James J. Springer 
Boyd G. Steel 
John S. Stevens 
Charles M. Stock 
William A. Stone 
Thomas S. Stout 
Carl A. Sundstrom 
Charles M. Swain 
William L. Swan 



Edgar A. Tennis 
A. Howard Thomas 
Robert H. Thomas 
William C. Thompson 
W. Herbert Thompson 
W. A. Park Thompson 
John L. Thomson 
Benjamin Titus 
Peter E. Tome 
Frank E. Townsend 
William J. Transue 
Henry L. Turner 



Charles A. Vandegrift 
George J. Vandegrift 
Harry M. Van Zandt 
Wentworth D. Vedder 
John W. Vrooman 



D 265 
D 218 
B 94 
C 184 
A 3 
B 73 
D 210 
B 69 
E 285 
D 205 
D 247 
E 347 
161 
29 
25 
11 
68 
169 
198 
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C 176 
D 266 
B 90 
E 303 
B 52 
B 44 
E 350 
C 123 
B 83 
B 82 
D 248 



E 295 
B 89 
E 309 
E 299 
E 297 



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Emil Charles Wagner 
G. Elwood Wagner 
George E. Wagner 
Henry G. Wagner 
Louis Wagner 
Louis M. Wagner 
Benjamin F. Wakefield 
George H. Walker 
John C. Wallace 
George M. Walter 
John M. Walton 
John Wanamaker 
Irving P. Wanger 
Isaac S. Warren 
James W. R. Washington 
Ethan Allen Weaver 
John Weaver 
George B. Wells 
Theodore E. Wiedersheim 
Richard H. Wharton 
Arthur C. Wheeler 
Harry White 



D 236 
D 254 
E 274 
130 
36 
186 
281 
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D 260 
B 104 
C 116 
C 136 
B 67 
D 203 
D 222 
D 231 
B 60 
D 206 
B 49 
B 37 
B 22 
D 197 



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William D. White 
Cortlandt Whitehead 
Peter A. B. Widener 
John H. Wilkins 
J. Henry Williams 
William G. Winder 
Herman Wishman 
Charles E. Wolbert 
Leon M. Woodford 
Stewart L. Woodford 
Barclay J. Woodward 
Samuel W. Wray 
Harry S. Wright 



John C. Yocum 
James Rankin Young 
James B. Youngson 



Henry Z. Ziegler 



C 156 


C 108 


D 196 


E 277 


E 287 


B 81 


C 148 


C 120 


B 26 


A 19 


E 343 


B 87 


C 179 


C 114 


E 294 


B 74 



C 128 



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The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and 
Masonic Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging 

BROTHER EDGAR A. TENNIS . R. W. Grand Master of Pennsylvania 

" I request you to be assured of my best wishes and 
earnest prayers for your happiness while you remain in this 
terrestrial mansion, and that we may hereaftermeet as Brethren 
in the Eternal Temple of the Supreme Architect." 

Washington to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Jan. 2. 1792 



The Memory of Our Deceased Brother 
George Washington 

BROTHER GEORGE W. GUTHRIE . . . P. M. Franklin Lodge, No. 221, 

Pittsburg 

" In his lifetime being a Free Mason and now buried with 
the ceremony and honors due to one." 

Washington's Diary [or February 12, 1785 



Freemasonry Around the Globe 

RT. REV. BROTHER HENRY C. POTTER, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L. 

Past Grand Chaplain, New York 

•' For your affectionate vows, permit me to be grateful, 
and offer mine for true brothers in all parts of the world, and 
to assure you of the sincerity with which I am 

yrs G° WASHINGTON. 

Letter to Brothers Watson £ Cossoul, August 10. 1782 



The Enter'd Prentices Song. 



i. 

Come let us prepare, 

We brothers that are, 
Afsembled on merry occafion : 

Let's drink, laugh and fing, 

Our wine has a fpring, 
Here's a health to an accepted Mafon. 

II. 

The world is in pain, 

Our iecrets to gain, 
And ftill let them wonder and gaze on ; 

Till they're brought to the light, 

They'll ne'er know the right 
Word or fign of an accepted Mafon. 

III. 

'Tis this and 'tis that, 

They cannot tell what, 
Why fo many great men of the nation, 

Should aprons put on, 

To make themfelves one, 
With a free and accepted Mafon. 

IV. 
Great Kings, Dukes, and Lords, 
Have laid by their fwords, 

Our myft'ry to put a good grace on ; 
And thought themfelves fam'd, 
To hear themfelves nam'd, 

With a free and accepted Mafon. 



V. 

Antiquity's pride, 

We have on our fide, 
Which maketh men juft in their ftation ; 

There's naught but what's good. 

To be underftood, 
By a free and accepted Mafon. 

VI. 

We're true and fincere, 

And juft to the fair, 
They'll truft us on any occafion ; 

No mortal can more, 

The ladies adore, 
Than a free and accepted Mafon. 

VII. 

Then join hand in hand, 

By each brother firm ftand, 
Let's be merry and put a bright face on ; 

What mortal can boaft, 

So noble a toaft, 
As a free and accepted Mafon ? 

To all the Fraternity round the Globe. 

Anderson's Constitutions of 1723, with 
addition from Ahiman Rezon of 1783. 



The Country of which Washington was the Father 

BROTHER GEORGE B. ORLADY . . R W. Junior Grand Warden of the 

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 

" The fabric of our freedom is placed on the enduring basis 
of public virtue, and will, I fondly hope, long continue to pro- 
tect the prosperity of the Architect who raised it." 

Washington to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. May, 1797 



The Grand Lodge of which Washington was a member 
BROTHER H.OSCAR KERNS . . . M. W. Grand Master of Virginia 

" Forthose rewards and blessings, which you have invoked 
for me in this world, and for the fruition of that happiness 
which you pray for in that which is to come, you have, Gentle- 
men, all my thanks and all my gratitude. I wish I could 
ensure them to you and to the State which you represent, a 
thousand fold.'' 

Washington to the General Assembly of Virginia, fuly 15, 1784 



The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
Brother William a. Stone .... Allegheny Lodge, No. 223 

Allegheny City 

Governor of Pennsylvania 

" I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have 
you and the State over which you preside in his holy protection." 

Washington to the Governors of all the States on disbanding the army, June 8, 178J 



Our Sister Grand Lodges 

BROTHER THOMAS J. SHRYOCK . . M. W. Grand Master of Maryland 

" My attachment to the Society of which we are members, 
will dispose me always to contribute my best endeavors to 
promote the honor and interests of the Craft." 

Washington to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1797 



Our Honored Guests 

BROTHER J. FRANKLIN FORT Hope Lodge. No .124, 

East Orange, N.J. 

" I shall be happy on every occasion to evince my regard 
for the Fraternity. For your prosperity individually I offer 
my best wishes." 

Washington to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. May, 1791 



The Day We Celebrate 

BROTHER SAMUEL W. PENNYRACKER . . Washington Lodge. No. 59, 

Philadelphia 

" I shall always be happy to advance the interests of the 
Society, and to be considered by them as a deserving Brother. 

Washington to King David's Lodge, Newport, R. /.. August 17, 1710 



"All Our Friends" 

BROTHER CHARLES EMORY SMITH . . . Rising Star Lodge, No 126. 

Philadelphia 

Washington's Favorite Toast 



Auld Lang Syne 



Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
And never brought to mind? 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
And auld lang syne? 

For auld lang syne, tnyjo, 

For auld lang syne, 
We'll lak' a cup <?' kindness yet y 

For auld lang syne. 

And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup, 

And surely I'll be mine ; 
And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, 

For auld lang syne. — Chorus. 

And here's a hand my trusty here, 

And gie's a hand o' thine, 
And we'll tak' a right guid willie-waught, 

For auld lang syne. — Chorus. 



BLOCKOF MARBLE PRESENTED TO THE 

WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT AT WASHINGTON. D.C. 

BY THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



Gbe Banquet 



The following " Grace," written and composed by- 
Brother J. Franklin Moss, was sung by the Temple 
Chorus : 

Eternal God in whose sight 

Centuries roll as 'twere a night, 

Masons here unite in praise 

For countless bounties of Thy grace. 

Grace was said by Grand Chaplain Reverend Brother 
John S. J. McConnell, D.D., as follows : 

O Lord, Thy Name is excellent in all the earth. 
We bow before Thee because of the greatness of Thy 
majesty. We acknowledge Thee, that Thou art our 
God. We adore Thee for the excellencies of Thy 
nature. We love Thee for the goodness which Thou 
dost manifest towards us. We give Thee thanks for 
the lessons we have learned this day. Impress them 
more deeply upon our minds and hearts. We recog- 
nize Thy gracious remembrance of us in the good 
things here provided for our enjoyment. May we par- 
take of these creature comforts with thankfulness, may 
we delight in the fellowship of this interesting occasion 
in Thy fear and gracious favor, and, at the last, be 
saved in Thy everlasting kingdom for Thy Name and 
mercy's sake. Amen. 



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THE TABLE LODGE 

A Table Lodge was opened shortly after seven 
o'clock in the evening. 

The first regular toast, "The Right Worshipful 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdic- 
tion Thereunto Belonging," was proposed by Brother 
James W. Brown, B. W. Deputy Grand Master of 
Masons in Pennsylvania, who said, — 

I have the distinguished honor to propose the first 
toast of the evening. It is but fitting that that toast 
should be the Grand Lodge which celebrates the Anni- 
versary of the Initiation of our distinguished Brother, 
and brings us here together to-night with royal hos- 
pitality to do honor to the occasion ; that Grand 
Lodge which has been shown in our Grand Master's 
address as the oldest Grand Lodge in the United 
States; that Grand Lodge which has always upheld 
the ancient tenets and traditions of our Craft in 
purity and wisdom. (Applause.) 

I therefore propose the Bight Worshipful Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania, and call upon our talented 
Grand Master to respond, — that Grand Master who 
has satisfied seven hundred thirsty and hungry Breth- 
ren without discord or confusion, Bight Worshipful 
Grand Master Brother Edgar A. Tennis. (Prolonged 

applause.) 

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Brother Edgar A. Tennis, K. W. Grand Master of 
Masons in Pennsylvania, responded as follows : 

THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF 
PENNSYLVANIA AND MASONIC JURISDIC- 
TION THEREUNTO BELONGING 

It is said of the Great Napoleon, when on the eve of 
battle, upon the ill-fated field of Waterloo, and when 
the flood-gates of heaven were pouring down torrents 
of rain, though ill and well-nigh exhausted, he spent 
the night in the saddle, as ever on the alert for advan- 
tage. In the thick darkness of that fearful night, he 
was still buoyed by that ambition which characterized 
his life, and when the vivid lightning flashed across 
the sky his countenance was seen to be marked by the 
same stern, grim smile, and the words which escaped 
his lips were, " We are agreed." And this is the senti- 
ment, I am sure, of every guest before me this evening. 
We are agreed that the society of Freemasonry is the 
oldest known to mankind, extending back to a period 
when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. 

We also agree that the toast just proposed names the 
oldest and most conservative Masonic Grand Body on 
the Western Hemisphere, and one whose records show 
cordial and fraternal relations with the greatest states- 
man, soldier, and Mason this continent has ever pro- 
duced. 

Three thousand years have gone since the elders of 

Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the 

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fathers, and all men of Israel joined in the refrain, at 
the completion of the Temple, " For He is good ; for 
His mercy endureth forever." 

A century and three-quarters have recorded their 
marvellous history since the toast to Pennsylvania 
Grand Lodge was first proposed, while a century and 
a half of Masonic teaching have shed their influence 
since the Brother, whose entrance we celebrate, first 
crossed the portals of our asylum and trod the tes- 
sellated floor of our Temple. 

Contemplating this lapse of time, recalling Tyre, 
whose " Antiquity was of Ancient Days," but whose 
songs and harps are no longer heard ; Jerusalem, over 
which the pale light of the crescent hangs, the deserted 
Temple, the trodden-down sanctuary, the departed 
Shekinah, let us reverently and devoutly adore Him 
who has guided and protected our Fraternity during 
the ages of the past, and who watches over the deliber- 
ations of Lodge and Grand Lodge the same yesterday, 
to-day, and forever. 

Sober thought, devoted men, loyal subjects, laid a 
foundation two centuries ago the result of which we 
are enjoying to-night, and which will continue to in- 
terest and benefit our children's children for genera- 
tions yet unborn. 

It is foreign to the subject assigned me to treat of 

the traditions relating to the origin of Freemasonry. It 

is recorded in authentic history that guilds of operative 

stone-masons flourished in the early centuries of the 

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Christian era. The existence of a Lodge at the City of 
York, England, in the year 926, is frequently men- 
tioned in the old manuscripts and affirmed in the 
opening paragraph of the warrants of all Subordinate 
Lodges in this Jurisdiction. 

Who were the first Freemasons in Pennsylvania, or 
the date at which they began social fraternal inter- 
course, has been lost to history. There were, among 
the early immigrants to this colony, some Brethren 
who had been introduced to the art and mysteries of 
the Craft in the fatherland. 

John Moore, a native of England, came to America 
in 1680, and settled first in South Carolina. Before 
the close of the century he removed to Philadelphia, 
and in 1703 was commissioned by the king as Collector 
of the Port. In a letter written in 1715, he men- 
tions having " spent a few evenings in festivity with 
my Masonic Brethren." This is the earliest written 
evidence that has survived the ravages of time of the 
fact that members of the Craft dwelt within the present 
Jurisdiction. It will be borne in mind that this event 
antedates the first newspaper of the Province, the place 
where in those days we are accustomed to look for a 
record of the occurrences of the times. 

The early history, therefore, of our society in Penn- 
sylvania is obscure, — we have no minutes and but few 
Masonic records previous to 1779; they were lost 
during the troubles of the Revolution. When Masonry 
was introduced here, there were four rival Grand 

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Lodges in England ; two of them had appointed Pro- 
vincial Grand Masters in America. 

The first deputation came from the " G. L. of Eng- 
land." The title of its rival was " The Grand Lodge 
of England according to the Old Institutions." To 
distinguish them, the members of the former were called 
"Moderns," the latter were called "Ancients," or 
" York Masons ;" they united in 1813. 

Masonry seems to have been introduced into Penn- 
sylvania by the " Moderns" under a deputation from 
the Duke of Norfolk, Grand Master of the Grand 
Lodge of England, to Daniel Coxe, of Trenton, New 
Jersey, which is dated June 5, 1730. His jurisdiction 
extended over Pennsylvania, New York, and New 
Jersey. Brother Coxe was a son of Mr. Daniel 
Coxe, of London, a large landed proprietor and gov- 
ernor of West Jersey. He was distinguished as a 
lawyer, author, jurist, soldier, and was zealous in the 
propagation of religion in the American colonies. 
He died April 25, 1739, in the neighboring City of 
Burlington, and his remains rest in the cemetery at- 
tached to St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church in 
that city. His descendants are numerous. A grand- 
son, Tench Coxe, Esq., born in 1756, graduated at the 
University of Pennsylvania, and served in the Colonial 
Assembly, in the Continental Congress, as Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 
and in other prominent political positions. At the 
close of his term the Brethren of Pennsylvania assem- 

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bled, and on St. John the Baptist's Day, 1732, they 
elected William Allen their Grand Master. 

Some years ago there was brought to light an origi- 
nal record book or ledger of St. John's Lodge, which 
met in this City, showing its accounts with its mem- 
bers from June 24, 1731, to June 24, 1738. As this 
book is marked " Libr. B," the existence of an earlier 
record is indicated. 

Brother Allen was succeeded by Humphrey Mur- 
ray, and he by Benjamin Franklin ; succeeding him 
was James Hamilton, who was afterwards the first 
native Governor of Pennsylvania. 

Under our sixth Grand Master, William Plum- 
stead, who was a great reformer (even in those days 
they had reformers), Masonry received its first serious 
shock. While feigning to initiate a young man in a 
mock Lodge of Freemasonry, some pretended Brethren 
threw a bowl of burning alcohol upon him, so horribly 
burning him that he died a few days after in great 
agony ; this unjust outrage was sufficient to prostrate 
the Fraternity for nearly twelve years, and our history 
until 1749 is nearly a blank. 

On the 10th day of July of that year, however, there 
appears to have been a Masonic revival, as on that day 
Thomas Oxnard, Provincial Grand Master of all 
North America, appointed Brother Benjamin Frank- 
lin to be again Grand Master of Pennsylvania. In 
1750, Brother William Allen was again appointed 
Grand Master, and again in 1755, from which time 

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but little is known of this Grand Lodge. In 1785, 
they sold their Lodge, and gave a part of the pro- 
ceeds to the poor of the City of Philadelphia. 

The York Masons, or " Ancients," were in a flourish- 
ing condition at this time, and afterwards absorbed all 
that were left of the " Moderns." No trace of them 
can now be found in Pennsylvania ; their decline and 
final extinction were attributed to their adherence to 
the Royal cause, while the York Masons were said to 
be favorable to the Revolutionary movement. 

Thus, as stated, Freemasonry in Pennsylvania is pre- 
sented as having been organized in a Lodge (whether 
held by prescriptive right or under a warrant, cannot 
now be proved), with proper officers, working for some 
indefinite time prior to June, 1731, as shown by their 
ledger. 

The present records of the Grand Lodge commence 
July 29, 1779, and have continued up to the present 
time. It is thought that during the Revolutionary 
War, as Philadelphia was a great centre of the troubles 
during that war, all the papers and records of the 
Grand Lodge were either lost or destroyed, and only 
tradition gives any idea of the transactions up to the 
above date. The oldest minute-book now known is 
that of Lodge No. 3, which goes back to November 
19, 1767, and comes up to the present time ; and it 
refers to an older book. 

December 28, 1778, the Grand Lodge, with the 
Brethren, about three hundred, celebrated St. John the 

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Evangelist's Day, and Brother William Smith, D.D., 
preached a sermon. General Washington was present 
on that occasion. Reverend Brother William Smith, 
having abridged and digested the Ahiman Rezon, it 
was adopted by the Grand Lodge, November 22, 1781. 
At the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, 
September 25, 1786, steps were taken to sever the 
official relations between the Grand Lodge and the 
Grand Lodge of England, by the following : 

" Resolved, That this Grand Lodge is, and ought to be, a 
Grand Lodge independent of Great Britain or any other au- 
thority whatever, and that they are not under any ties to any 
Grand Lodge except those of brotherly love and affection, 
which they will always be happy to cultivate and preserve with 
all Lodges throughout the globe." 

The Grand Lodge, having up to this time been 
under a warrant from the Grand Lodge of England, 
was closed entirely. Thirteen different Lodges under 
warrants of the preceding Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- 
vania, having full power from their constituent mem- 
bers, — 

" Resolved, That the Lodges under the jurisdiction of the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, lately held under the authority 
of the Grand Lodge of England, will, and do now, form them- 
selves into a Grand Lodge, to be called the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdiction thereunto belonging, to 
be held in Philadelphia ; and that the late Grand Officers con- 
tinue to be the Grand Officers of Pennsylvania, invested with 
all the powers, jurisdictions, pre-eminence, and authority there- 

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unto belonging, till the usual time of the next election ; and 
that the Grand Lodge and particular Lodges govern themselves 
by the Eules and Eegulations heretofore established till other 
rules and regulations shall be adopted." 

June 24, 1834, the Grand Lodge celebrated " The 
Centennial Anniversary of the establishment of the 
first Lodge in Pennsylvania, of which Lodge Brother 
Benjamin Franklin was the first Master." This 
antedated the claim made by Massachusetts of the first 
Lodge having been established by Price in 1733. 
The date was evidently mistaken, as the " Liber B," 
since having been discovered, shows the date of June, 
1731. 

On June 24, 1734, Franklin was elected Grand 
Master, and it was in November of that year his letter 
to Price was written, asking for a copy of his deputa- 
tion as Provincial Grand Master, etc. 

The Act of Independence of our Grand Lodge was 
gracefully acknowledged and fraternally recognized by 
the mother Grand Lodge of England. In their con- 
gratulatory letter of brotherly love and of God-speed 
occurs a passage so happily freighted with " thoughts 
that breathe and words that burn," that I may be par- 
doned for quoting it : " Having perused," they say, 
" your Book of Constitutions, we reflect with pleasure 
that the Grand Lodge of England has given birth to a 
Grand Lodge in the Western World, whose strict 
adherence to the ancient and immutable landmarks of 
our Order reflects honor on its original founders. We 

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conceive that, in constituting your Grand Lodge, we 
necessarily communicated to it the same independent 
Masonic authority within your Jurisdiction which we 
ourselves possessed within ours ; amenable to no supe- 
rior jurisdiction under heaven, and subject only to the 
immutable Landmarks of the Order." 

Of this counsel, coming from our Alma Mater, this 
Grand Lodge has ever been mindful. As the in- 
structive words of a prudent father sink deep into the 
heart and understanding of an obedient and respectful 
child, so did this Grand Lodge, in its youth, cherish 
this message of wisdom from our ancient and honorable 
ancestor. 

There is one event in the history of the Grand 
Lodge which to us, as Pennsylvania Masons of the 
present generation, seems strange. In the year 1780, 
the Grand Lodge took into consideration the propriety 
and necessity of appointing a Grand Master over all 
the Grand Lodges formed or to be formed in these 
United States, and after it was so resolved, the 
Brother who was " first in war, first in peace, and first 
in the hearts of his countrymen," was by this Grand 
Lodge unanimously elected Grand Master of Masons 
throughout the United States. 

The concurrence in this movement by the several 
Grand Lodges of the United States was most strenu- 
ously urged by our Grand Lodge, and very persuasive 
arguments were used for the purpose of bringing 
about united action. In after-years different and better 

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counsels prevailed, for we find that, in answer to simi- 
lar propositions from other Grand Lodges, this Grand 
Lodge declared it to be inexpedient and impracticable 
to establish a Supreme Superintending Grand Lodge 
in the United States. It was, however, the sense of 
our Grand Lodge that a more intimate union should 
be formed and a permanent intercourse established 
between the several Grand Lodges. 

All of the projects were finally abandoned. 

December 4, 1843, the change was permanently 
made whereby all the business of the Lodge, also the 
opening and closing of the Lodge, must be in the Mas- 
ter's Degree. It was at this time, also, that under the 
Lodge warrant those possessing the higher Degrees 
could confer them. Several of the Lodges, as many as 
four, worked the Royal Arch Degree. In 1849 Frank- 
lin Lodge, No. 134, was authorized to loan its warrant 
to confer the Order of the Temple on Encampment 
No. 2, in Philadelphia. Also Union Lodge, No. 121, 
was authorized to loan its warrant to organize Union 
Encampment, No. 6. This resolution of Grand Lodge 
was rescinded on February 15, 1857. 

In point of dignity and influence our Grand Lodge 
is first among its equals on this or any other continent, 
and during all of her years has carefully guarded the 
Ancient Customs, discountenanced all so-called improve- 
ments, suffered neither discord nor confusion to dis- 
turb the peace and brotherly affection that prevails 
among the Lodges, which now number more than four 

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hundred, having a constituent membership of more 
than sixty thousand good men and true. 

Our Grand Lodge has for its home, in the City of 
Philadelphia, this unique edifice in which we meet, the 
pride and treasure of every true Mason in our Juris- 
diction. It was erected at a cost of over a million and 
a half dollars, without defaulting on a single obligation, 
without a mortgage being created, and with no security 
offered for deferred payments save that of faith in the 
integrity of our great Fraternity. 

It may be interesting for some of you to know that 
the Grand Lodge is a generous dispenser of charity, 
through the several great charity funds, amounting in 
the aggregate to about three hundred thousand dollars, 
—the Grand Lodge Charity Fund, the Girard Be- 
quest, the Thomas R. Patton Memorial Charity Fund, 
and the Stephen Taylor Bequest. 

In the Grand Lodge Charity Fund we now have, in 
cash and investments, one hundred and five thousand 
dollars ; in the Girard Bequest, seventy thousand dol- 
lars ; and the Patton Memorial Fund, established by 
the generosity of a Brother whom most of you know, 
and who is present with us to-day, amounts to one 
hundred and one thousand dollars. 

What a permanent fund for benevolent work, my 
Brethren ! What an imperishable institution is Ma- 
sonry, which takes by the hand the Brother who has 
fallen in the battle of life and kindly raises him to his 
feet again ; that gently brushes from his brow the dust 



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of defeat, and encourages him to go forth again with 
renewed strength and a firmer determination ! 

What a noble institution is this, which in the silent 
watches, unobserved, carries joy and gladness to the 
lonely and desolate of earth ! 

Ours is a charity that knows no difference between 
the cross of Christ and the crescent of Mahomet, but 
that lovingly regards every one as a child of the 
Great Father who heeds, who holds them all in His 
great love and boundless thought. 

The conservatism of our Grand Lodge, our close ob- 
servance of Ancient Usages, Customs, and Landmarks, 
and the discouragement of innovation are known and 
read of all men ; we are justly proud of the record we 
have made in the century and three-quarters of our 
existence, and of the distinguished Brethren prominent 
in our success. Many of them have joined the Crafts- 
men in the quarries of the Great Beyond, but of those 
who remain none are more conspicuous or distinguished 
than those whom I have the pleasure this evening to 
address. (Prolonged applause.) 

The second regular toast, which was drunk in si- 
lence, " The Memory of our Deceased Brother, George 
Washington," was proposed by Brother George W. 
Kendrick, Jr., R. W. Senior Grand Warden of the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, who said, — 

To me has been assigned the very pleasant duty of 

proposing the next toast and introducing the speaker. 

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The toast itself is suggestive of this distinguished 
assemblage to do honor to the memory of our distin- 
guished Brother George Washington. 

Yesterday we were engaged in the contest for 
supremacy politically; to-day we are assembled 
around the festive board in social intercourse, vying 
with each other as to "who can best work and best 
agree," proving to the world at large that our motto, 
Fraternity, Fidelity, Philanthropy, and Charity, are 
not mere high-sounding words, but the principles of 
our Fraternity religiously observed and practically 

carried out. 

I take great pleasure in proposing the toast, " The 
Memory of our Deceased Brother George Washing- 
ton," and call upon our distinguished Brother George 
W. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh, to respond. (Applause.) 

Brother George W. Guthrie, Past Master of 
Franklin Lodge, No. 221, responded as follows : 

THE MEMORY OF OUR DECEASED BROTHER 
GEORGE WASHINGTON 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren : 

We appreciate the inadequacy of words when we 

attempt to give expression to the feelings evoked in 

the hearts of Americans by the name of Washington. 

(Applause.) 

This is largely due to the fact that his life is so in- 
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existence that the names " Washington" and " Amer- 
ica" seem to us almost interchangeable. We cannot 
think of one without the other, and each inspires a 
patriotic love which drowns out all weaker sentiments 
and denes analysis. 

But it is also partly due to the fact that in the wor- 
ship of our hero we have quite lost sight of the man, 
so that, divested of his humanity, in death, as in life, 
he stands alone. 

His life was essentially a lonely one : " Long trained 
in murder-brooding forests lone," the isolation forced 
upon him by the circumstances and surroundings of 
his early life became a habit, which clung to him in 
his later years and was intensified by the loving and 
reverent admiration of his fellow-citizens which hedged 
him round when, " blest in all tongues and dear to 
every blood," he calmly waited for the final call of the 
Grand Master of all. 

It was a wonderful life in its evenness and complete 
sufficiency for every situation in which he was placed. 
Without any striving for effect he met every responsi- 
bility and discharged every duty, the only dramatic 
feature being " its dignity, its strength, its calm of 
passion restrained, its inviolable reserve," carrying 
with it a sense of power the limit of which was never 
reached. 

When but little more than a boy, he undertook the 
survey of wild lands, living for months at a time in 
unbroken forests and surrounded by Indians liable at 

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any moment to break into open hostility or resort to 
individual outrages, and doing his work to the com- 
plete and entire satisfaction of his employer. 

A little later he took part in the struggles against 
the French and Indians, risking his life with the indif- 
ference characteristic of a thoroughly healthy and vig- 
orous body, after his first campaign writing to his 
brother that " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe, 
me, there is something charming in the sound." (Ap- 
plause.) 

In a smaller nature there would be an element of 
bravado in this, but with him it was unquestionably a 
truthful expression of his physical sensations in battle. 

In the same manner, when the disagreements be- 
tween England and the Colonies reached an acute 
stage, he quietly, and as a matter of course, took the 
side of his native colony. 

Believing, as he wrote to his friend George Mason, 
in the supreme importance of " the liberty which we 
have derived from our ancestors," and that " no man 
should scruple or hesitate a moment to use arms in de- 
fence of so valuable a blessing on which all the good 
and evil of life depends," he did not " scruple or hesi- 
tate a moment" when he was called upon to make his 
choice. He firmly opposed the illegal actions of king 
and Parliament, by peaceful means at first, but, when 
they failed, by arms ; and, abandoning the mode of life 
in which he was so prosperous and successful, and in 
which he took such keen pleasure, he, on the call of 

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his fellow-citizens, accepted the command of the Colo- 
nial troops, placing himself in the position where, in 
case of failure, for him, at least, there would be no 
hope of pardon. 

In the glory of his final victory, we are too apt to 
lose sight of the fact that his military career, both in 
the French and Indian War and in the Revolution, 
was characterized rather by defeats than by successful 
battles. Yet, unless we do remember this, we fail to 
get a proper appreciation of the man whose character 
was so strong that it was neither depressed by tempo- 
rary defeat, nor elated by final success, taking each as 
they came with the same fine self-poise which, under 
all circumstances, held the confidence of his country- 
men. (Applause.) 

Neither did he ever yield to that natural vanity 
which would have tempted a weaker man in his posi- 
tion to endeavor to control and dominate the great 
movements of his time. 

As he neither attempted to precipitate what now 
seems to have been the inevitable breach between Eng- 
land and the Colonies, but simply took his part in each 
phase of the contest as it arose, so at the conclusion of 
the war he repudiated every suggestion that he should 
attempt to assume a dictatorship. 

The work he had undertaken being completed, he 
voluntarily retired to private life until the growing 
spirit of nationality led the people to the adoption of 
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fellow-citizens, as they had done at the outbreak of the 
Eevolution, without dissent, demanded his leadership, 
and, calling on him for a final service, placed in his 
hands the destinies of the nation just born. 

When, in 1775, he took command of the armies 
raised by the Congress of the United Colonies, a new 
nation became a possibility ; when he assumed his office 
as President, it became a fact ; when after two terms as 
Chief Executive he voluntarily retired from office, its 
character as a Republic was unchangeably fixed. 

In the diary of a contemporary we find this personal 
description of him about the time when, retiring to 
private life, he wrote his final letter of advice to his 
fellow-citizens : 

" A little stiff in his person, not a little formal in 
his manner, not particularly at his ease in the presence 
of strangers, he had the bearing of a country gentle- 
man not accustomed to mix much in society ; perfectly 
polite, but not easy in his address and conversation, 
and not graceful in his gait and movements." 

With passions which in his youth were said to have 
stirred him to terrible wrath, he had learned to curb 
them, so that no one ever saw him in a passion; 
essentially practical, and with great capability for busi- 
ness, he strove for "whatsoever was just and honest 
and lovely and of good report," making great sacri- 
fices for what he conceived right. 

Such as his person and personality were, however, 
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carried with him to the grave their love, their grati- 
tude, and their admiration, — a devotion which has 
been passed on from generation to generation, and 
will last while the liberties he loved retain their place 
in the affections of the people. 

He was the ideal free citizen of a free country. 
(Applause.) 

Conscious of the innate dignity of his own manhood, 
unattracted by the glamour of place, power, and riches, 
and unrepelled by their absence, he could be " brother 
to a prince, or fellow to a beggar, if both were found 
worthy," in an age when belief in the divine right of 
kings and in class distinctions was the rule rather than 
the exception. 

Keenly alive to the comforts, pleasures, and enjoy- 
ments which his vigorous health and private means 
afforded him, he constantly exposed himself to the 
greatest hardships, and risked life, liberty, and prop- 
erty rather than abate one jot of his own or his coun- 
try's rights. 

Capable and successful in business, he would without 
hesitation lay aside his own private concerns and as- 
sume any public labor to which he was called, ever 
placing his duty to his country before his private 
interests. 

Without any craving for place or power, he accepted 
office when his services were needed by his country, 
used it as a sacred public trust, and, when the duty im- 
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having once made his position " a vantage-ground for 
winged ambition," or its influence and power a means 
to promote any private ends. 

Grateful of appreciation, he never swerved from the 
strict line of duty to court favor or silence clamor, fear- 
lessly following the right as God gave it to him to see 
it, making his aim " the eternal right rather than the 
temporary good." (Applause.) 

It is a glorious story. It rouses us like a trumpet- 
call to duty, and should be a household tale in the 
home of every American, that children hearing it may 
learn to emulate his patriotism, and be willing as he 
was to consecrate their lives to the service of their 
country. 

Nor should they be allowed to forget those other 
men who worked with him, rendering faithful and 
efficient service to their country both in war and in 
peace, and aiding to make for us a nation great and 
free. 

Their simple and pure surrender of self to duty 
earned the love of their contemporaries, and entitles 
them to the respect of all men. (Applause.) 

Our flag is the emblem of our nationality, our 
Constitution, and our liberties. In heraldry, as we 
all know, its stripes are symbolical of the thirteen 
original States, and its stars of those which at any time 
constitute the Union ; but we should also learn to re- 
gard its red stripes as the symbol of the pure blood 
willingly given in defence of liberty, and its white 

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as the symbol of those who spent their lives in its 
service bearing through all their tract of years the 
white flower of a blameless life, and its stars as the 
symbol of those pure souls who loved and worked for 
it in any capacity, and from the heaven to which they 
have gone look down with benediction on all who 
strive, however humbly, to follow in their footsteps. 
(Applause.) 

God grant us peace and safety, — not a cowardly 
peace, purchased by craven submission to wrong, but 
such as comes when " a strong man armed keepeth his 
own house." And if trouble comes, let it be met as 
they met it, as brothers standing shoulder to shoulder 
in defence of the right, and though the " four quarters 
of the world should come against us, we still shall 
shock them." 

To this end let us cherish the memory of our 
Brother, "the beautiful, the strong, and, best of all, 
the good." (Prolonged applause.) 

The third regular toast, " Freemasonry Around the 
Globe," was proposed by Brother George B. Orlady, 
B. W. Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania, who said, — 

When Peter the Hermit and Pope Urban II. roused 
the world with the cry, " Recover the Holy Sepulchre," 
the dormant good of that age was fanned into a flame 
which maintained its force for two centuries. 

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The Sign of the Cross rej)resented the best motive 
in history. It was the badge of honor on the shoulder 
of king and palmer ; it stood at the wayside fountain 
and glittered from the cathedral spire. The Western 
world faced the East to recover the dwelling-place of 
the Son of God. The religious creed of the world 
was severed by the Reformation, but the teaching 
of Freemasonry remained unchanged. With all the 
mutations of the ages, with the coming and going of 
empires and republics, whether they were born of 
conquest or revolution, whether they were of long or 
short life, whether they existed in splendor and power, 
or failed before a record of any achievement was made, 
the Masonic code was taught, if not practised, as the 
basis of what was best for man. I ask response to this 
toast of a Brother who, as a wise and learned prelate, 
joins to the cardinal doctrines of Freemasonry the 
teachings of the Son of God, so that around the globe 
all the peoples thereof may be at peace with life and 
content with death. (Applause.) 

Right Reverend Brother Henry Codman Potter, 
D.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Past Grand Chaplain of the 
Grand Lodge of New York, and Bishop of New York, 
after some playful allusions to his neighbors at the lower 
end of the table, — Brothers Charles Emory Smith, 
John Wanamaker, Governor-elect Pennypacker, 
and the Reverend Doctor McConnell, — which were 
received with great laughter, proceeded as follows : 

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FREEMASONRY AROUND THE GLOBE 

The most impressive note in Masonry is its law of 
brotherhood. My own early connection with the Fra- 
ternity was somewhat intermittent, and when I came 
to New York to reside, I did not, for some years, 
identify myself with any Lodge there. But on one 

occasion, I made, I remember, a visit to Holland 

« 
Lodge, and saw there two divines, who usually spent 

their Sundays in reviling each other's opinions, en- 
gaged in amicable and fraternal conversation. The 
Masonic Lodge, men and Brethren, was, apparently, 
the only place on earth where this could come to pass ! 
(Applause.) 

And the impressive feature of it was and is, that 
this is not merely a local, or a national, but a universal 
note. Two or three years ago I went, in company with 
a clerical friend, round the world. 

" We travelled far, strange countries for to see," 

as the poet sings ; but we never got so far that we 
didn't find a Mason and a Masonic Lodge ! Japan, 
China, the Philippines, Burma, India, Ceylon, — they 
all disclosed them, and with them the inheritance of 
those great ideas for which Masonry stands. (Ap- 
plause.) 

And at this point it is, I think, that we find the 
" angle of incidence" with that great mind and charac- 
ter that we commemorate here to-day. I have often 

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heard people say that they could not see what Wash- 
ington had in common with Masonry, which, knowing 
nothing about it, they usually think of as an archaic 
ceremonialism, belonging to earlier and less enlight- 
ened ages, and distinguished chiefly for quaint and 
over-elaborate formalities. And yet Washington be- 
came a Mason, believed in Masonry, and practised it. 
(Applause.) Yes, and therein showed that large and 
rare intuition that made of him the statesman, the sol- 
dier, and the leader of men that he was. For Masonry 
enshrines two or three really great ideas, the realiza- 
tion and practice of which are to have more to do with 
the re-creation of human society on this earth than all 
else besides. Washington grasped these, and their 
relation to the life of the new Republic. Happy shall 
we be if in this, as in other things, we imitate his 
bright example. (Prolonged applause.) 

The Chorus then sang "The Enter'd 'Prentices 
Song." 

The fourth toast, " The Country of which Washing- 
ton was the Father," was proposed by the R. W. Grand 
Master, who said, — 

It was the privilege of the Jurisdiction of Virginia 
to produce George Washington, while it was the 
good fortune of the valley of the Juniata, in our own 
Jurisdiction, to produce another George, only a little 
less distinguished. 

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This valley is noted for its distinguished sons, many 
of whom have gained prominence in the business, 
social, and Masonic world ; but for none of them do we 
entertain a higher regard than for the Right Worship- 
ful Junior Grand Warden, Brother George B. Or- 
lady, who will respond to the toast, "The Country 
of which Washington was the Father." 

Brother George B. Orlady, R. W. Junior Grand 
Warden, and a Judge of the Superior Court of Penn- 
sylvania, responded as follows : 

THE COUNTRY OF WHICH WASHINGTON 
WAS THE FATHER 

When his Britannic Majesty George III. acknowl- 
edged the Thirteen American Colonies to be free, sov- 
ereign, and independent United States, and treated 
them as such, to the end that there should be a firm 
and perpetual peace between his English subjects 
and the Colonial citizens, there was presented a new 
subject for statecraft; and the wise men of the Old 
World were of one mind as to the fate of that experi- 
mental republic. 

To create a new government was the last result 
desired by the Colonies when they began the protest 
against the oppression of the mother-country ; and 
when the successful rebels were required to agree upon 
an arrangement and organization of their work, dili- 
gent search was made among the models of ancient and 

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modern republics and confederacies, and each was re- 
jected in its turn as unsuited to the new nature of 
things. 

The success of that enterprise meant not only relief 
from existing grievances, but the added obligation of 
making it possible for future generations to organize 
and maintain a civic government founded upon indi- 
vidual liberty. Each section selected its ablest repre- 
sentatives to speak for and to defend its local interests, 
and from that fiery outburst in 1776, which dissolved 
the political bonds connecting the Colonies with the 
home government, down through all the gradations of 
the Colonial conventions, resolutions, declarations, and 
protests, to the final approval of the Constitution by the 
last of the contracting Colonies in 1790, all the people 
of that country were tensely drawn by a common 
purpose. Individual ambition, State rivalry, and 
local jealousies were fortunately merged in the hope of 
an effective combination which would insure safety to 
the Union as a whole as well as to Colonial interests. 

To secure wise rulers was as important a difficulty 
as to frame a plan of government. Prominence in 
leadership only emphasized the peril in case of failure. 
The step of rebellion once taken became forever final. 
By the alchemy of revolution a new country was 
created and a rebel chief became its directing father ; 
his followers were transmuted from a horde of irre- 
sponsible insurgents to citizens of a fixed government. 
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final meeting of delegates, only two names were sug- 
gested of such exceptional prominence as to justify 
their being placed in control of the destiny of that 
new government. One, Benjamin Franklin, a Past 
Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, who, as a delegate 
from this State, named the other, George Washing- 
ton, a member of one of our then Subordinate Lodges, 
as the one man pre-eminently fitted for the hazardous 
office of our first President. The selection was so wise 
that his memory is revered in popular rejoicings on 
his natal day, and his grave is yet a nation's shrine. 
(Applause.) 

This new country differed from all others preceding 
it. It was founded upon principles which had been 
rejected by all former systems, and was formed by 
people the majority of whom were under ban of law of 
their home nation. The intensity of their purpose was 
equalled only by the helplessness of their condition. 
The individual citizen was the unit of strength ; the 
home was the unit of happiness ; the union of States 
was the speaking and fighting force for all. The invo- 
cation in the Treaty of Paris was, " In the name of the 
Most Holy and Undivided Trinity," and when its flag 
was unfurled it represented the first governmental em- 
blem dedicated to a union of the Fatherhood of God 
and the brotherhood of man, and it has been a con- 
tinuing defender of liberty for man. Since the day of 
declaration, at home and abroad, on land and on sea, in 
peace and in war, and in every clime, under all condi- 

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tions, it has represented honor and security to and for 
all Americans. (Applause.) The announcement of 
the new government was received by the nations of the 
Old World, first in doubt as an act of contumacy, and 
then in derision as the attempt to do an impossible 
thing. It faced dangers in front, rear, and flank, 
honor and diplomacy contended for mastery, unex- 
pected tests were applied, which the founders had not 
anticipated, but its creed was broad enough and its 
statesmen were wise enough to preserve the integrity 
of the structure by appeals to the source of all power 
in a republic, an honest and intelligent citizenship, so 
that, despite the sneer of the Old World sceptic, it has 
written more for civilized history, more for the better- 
ment of man, than monarchy, dynasty, or empire in 
the world's record of nations. (Applause.) From 
1789 to 1902, from Washington to Koosevelt, the 
chronicle has been unbroken ; whether the President 
has been Federal, Whig, Democrat, or Republican, he 
has been the representative of a higher type, of a 
broader life, and of higher ideals of citizenship than 
his immediate predecessor, and the people at large 
have been trained to be exacting in their demand 
that each Executive should represent an increase of 
wisdom and zeal. (Applause.) 

The only support of the founders was their own 
declaration in their mutual pledge that, in the event of 
failure, their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor should 
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Neighboring savages were but a minor obstacle as 
compared with internal discord and rivalry of am- 
bitious leaders. To preserve the general welfare pro- 
vision was made for the large indebtedness of the 
several Colonies when the nation was without money 
or credit. The rapacity of the money changers of 
other lands, the intriguing diplomats abroad, and 
treason at home, made foreign alliances matters of 
exceptional peril. In continuing fear of fatally testing 
their own government, they were obliged to negotiate 
for present and future levies and supjDlies to preserve it. 
It required the trials of three-quarters of a century to 
establish the certainty of a government " of the people, 
by the people, and for the people." (Applause.) 

The ancient Masonic virtues of fortitude, prudence, 
and justice were observed in the local and foreign 
wars, international treaties, and wise amendments of 
their powers, which have made a web and woof of 
order and law for the country of which Washington 
was the Father, so as to present for future ages an 
unchallenged success, designed and directed under 
principles as eternal as truth. Thirteen dependencies 
were developed into a cohesive union of forty-five 
States, half girdling the globe, with seventy-five mil- 
lions of free people. The country has met and solved 
in honor every question affecting the rights of man, 
property, and nation ; and the government of which 
Washington was the Father stands to-day for its 
earliest sentiment, the greatest good to the greatest 

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number, with liberty to all under the law. (Prolonged 
applause.) 

" The Star Spangled Banner" was sung by all the 
Brethren. 

The fifth toast, " The Grand Lodge of which Wash- 
ington was a Member," was proposed by the R. W. 
Deputy Grand Master, who said, — 

Brethren, one of the galaxy of stars which adorns 
the American flag, to which our Brother Guthrie has 
alluded, represents one of the greatest States in the 
nation. One of the stripes represents that same State, 
one of the original coterie of thirteen that laid the 
foundation of this government ; the State which was 
named for the Virgin Queen of England; a State 
known as the " Old Dominion," and which has been 
called the " Home of the Presidents ;" a State that had 
the earliest settlement in the United States; a State 
that once held under its dominion part of the great 
State of Pennsylvania west of the Allegheny Moun- 
tains ; but it is because of her being the home and 
birthplace of our deceased Brother George Wash- 
ington, whom we reverence and whom we honor 
here, that she has the greatest importance with us 
this evening. (Applause.) 

When I heard one of the speakers allude to the fact 
that George Washington had once thrown a stone 
across the Rappahannock, I thought he was going to 

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tell the story with which most of us are familiar. One 
Virginian said to a pilgrim, " Here is the place where 
George Washington threw a dollar across the river." 
" Oh, yes," was the response, " in those days the dollar 
of our daddies went farther than a dollar goes to-day." 
(Laughter.) But I once heard a different version. A 
gentleman said, "Here is the place where George 
Washington once threw a dollar across the river." 
" Oh, yes ; and I know that he once threw a sovereign 
across the ocean," was the reply. I might allude 
right here to the healing influence of time, and tell you 
that I heard that last version of this story at a dinner 
at the Savage Club in London, where it was told to 
Englishmen, and was received with cheers and laughter. 
(Applause.) 

It is also a tribute to the softening effect of Free- 
masonry that there was presented to the Grand Lodge 
of England, some months ago, a portrait of George 
Washington, which was unveiled before many of the 
dignitaries of Great Britain. 

It is because the State of Virginia is the birthplace 
of Washington, and also holds his tomb, that it is the 
Mecca of every patriot of the United States, that we 
revere it here this evening. That State is also the 
Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, and 
therefore I propose this toast : " The Grand Lodge of 
which Washington was a Member," and I will call 
upon the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Virginia, 
Brother H. Oscar Kerns, to respond. (Applause.) 

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Brother H. Oscar Kerns, Most Worshipful Grand 
Master of Masons in Virginia, responded as follows : 

THE GRAND LODGE OF WHICH WASHINGTON 
WAS A MEMBER 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and my Breth- 
ren : 

When the long and useful life of Patrick Henry, 
the illustrious American patriot, was drawing to a close, 
the feeble old man, once " the voice of the Revolution," 
at the earnest solicitation of his friends again mounted 
the rostrum. He urged his fellow-countrymen to be 
strong and quit themselves like men. Enraptured by 
his eloquence, they listened in breathless suspense. 
When the speaker had concluded with a grand outburst 
of eloquence, John Randolph, the eccentric but in- 
vincible statesman just beginning his career as a poli- 
tician, arose and, in his thin, squeaky tones, began to 
address the audience. An old gentleman with whom 
he was well acquainted stood near, and after listening 
to him for a few minutes raised his hand and said, 
" Stop, John, stop ! it will never do ; you ought to 
have spoken first ; it is but the beating of an old tin 
pan after listening to a fine church organ." (Laugh- 
ter.) After listening to the eloquent, impressive, and 
inspiring addresses of the illustrious Brethren who 
have preceded me, it is with extreme reluctance that I 
shall endeavor to speak to you this afternoon. I fear 
it will be as the rattle of the kettle-drum after listening 

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to the thrilling and entrancing melodies of a grand 
orchestra. 

Washington, the model citizen, has been ably pre- 
sented ; Washington as a Mason has been eloquently 
discussed ; and I am to speak of the Grand Lodge of 
which Washington was a member. 

It will be necessary for me to go back to the early 
days of Masonry in Virginia, for then it was that 
Washington was prominently connected with Masonry 
in the Old Dominion. The names of the men who 
first introduced Masonry into the Colony of Virginia 
are no longer inscribed upon the tablets of memory. 
No marble statues preserve for us their forms and fea- 
tures, and no splendid mausoleum holds their earthly 
remains ; but the imperishable monument that com- 
memorates their labor of love and life of usefulness 
is the more than one hundred and fifty years of 
Masonic beneficence in Virginia. And as we celebrate 
to-day events in the past history of Freemasonry of 
which we are justly proud, let us pause for a moment 
and remember the unknown founders of Masonry in 
the Colonies of America. Little did they dream of the 
immense possibilities to which they were giving being ; 
they took neither care nor heed to make themselves 
known ; they began the work, knowing that the work 
goeth on although the workman perishes ; and in their 
self-abnegation they left us nothing to immortalize 
their names. But to-day I would remember them. To 
their spirits, to their love for Masonry, to their zeal in 

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its behalf, I pay a loving tribute, and bid you join with 
me and give to them your remembrance and your grati- 
tude, for they made possible what we are doing to-day. 
And, verily, they shall have their reward ; though un- 
known to men, their deeds are recorded and laid up in 
the archives of the Celestial City, where they shall 
endure as long as the cycles of eternity shall roll. 
(Applause.) 

Norfolk, the ancient borough, was the birthplace of 
Virginia Masonry, and in that city, I claim, was estab- 
lished the first Masonic Lodge in America chartered 
by a regular Grand Lodge. Some of my Brethren 
here will doubtless say that you Virginia Masons make 
strong claims as to your antiquity, and I plead guilty 
to the charge, but we generally establish what we claim, 
until some good Brother goes us one better. There was 
in 1733 a Lodge of Masons meeting in the borough of 
Norfolk known as the " Royal 'Exchange." This we 
find in the Freeman's Pocket Companion, which was 
published in Edinburgh in 1765, and gives the date 
of this Lodge as constituted in 1733. 

The Grand Lodge of Virginia was contemplated in 
the year 1777, at the time when the American Colonies 
were enveloped in the dark andilowering clouds of the 
bloody and sanguinary Revolution. Little thought the 
men who met in the old Capitol at Williamsburg, May 
6, 1777, representing only five Lodges, what a temple 
they were about to build, — a temple of living stones, 
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at whose building our Institution was said to have been 
founded. Their names have been handed down to us, 
names not inscribed on the pages of our national his- 
tory, for outside of Masonry they are no longer re- 
membered ; but no Virginia Mason will ever forget 
them, neither should he allow his children to forget 
them. Plain, simple, and cogent were the reasons 
which they drew up the following day, setting forth 
why the Masons of Virginia should be free and inde- 
pendent. A little over a month later they met again 
in convention for the purpose of electing a Grand 
Master. In order that success might crown their 
efforts, they recommended for that office a man whose 
very name carried with it such power, such glory, and 
such grandeur as the name of no other American citizen 
has ever possessed, — George Washington, a member 
of Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4. At this time Wash- 
ington was at the head of the army of the American 
Colonies, bravely fighting for the independence of the 
country upon whose altar he had placed himself a liv- 
ing sacrifice, successfully forcing Lord Howe to evac- 
uate the colony of New Jersey. On account of his 
multitudinous duties, Washington had to decline the 
position offered him. To communicate with Washing- 
ton and get a reply required considerable time in those 
days, and it was sixteen months later when James 
Mercer called another convention of the Lodges in 
Virginia. There met with him James Fountaine, 
Duncan Rose, James McClung, Robert Andrews, 

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John Galt, and James Bolcher. A glance at these 
names shows that England, Scotland, Ireland, France, 
and Germany had met in Virginia that day. What a 
symbol of the universality of Masonry ! (Applause.) 

John Blair was elected first Grand Master of 
Masons in Virginia, and with him commences that 
long line of illustrious men who have given life, 
tone, strength, beauty, and symmetry to the Grand 
Lodge of Virginia, and to whose fellowship I, although 
unworthy to loose even the latchets of their shoes, was 
promoted by the kindness of my Brethren, the proudest 
gift I can ever hope or desire to obtain. 

John Blair was the first man appointed by Wash- 
ington to the Federal judiciary. He was a member 
of the House of Burgesses, and of the great convention 
to revise the Articles of Confederation, and at a later 
day was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
States. Can any Grand Lodge in the world show a 
pedigree commencing better than this ? 

James Mercer, Blair's successor, was a distin- 
guished jurist, whose name has long lingered in worthy 
and honored descendants. He was a member of the 
House of Burgesses, of the Continental Congress, and 
of the Virginia Convention, and judge of the first 
Court of Appeals in Virginia. He wrote Mary Wash- 
ington's will. 

Our third Grand Master was Edmund Randolph, a 
member of that distinguished family whose descendants 
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whose blood flowed in the veins of three Presidents of 
the United States. Not unworthy of the House of 
Randolph was Edmund. He was a member of the 
House of Burgesses, governor of the Old Dominion, 
member of the Convention that framed the Constitution 
of the United States, Attorney-General of the United 
States, member of Congress, and Secretary of State of 
the United States ; and he signed the Charter of Alex- 
andria (now Alexandria- Washington) Lodge, appoint- 
ing George Washington Master. 

Another in this list of Grand Masters is one whose 
name shines conspicuously upon the pages of our na- 
tional history, — the great and learned jurist, John 
Marshall. He was a gallant captain in the Conti- 
nental army, member of Congress, Secretary of State, 
envoy to France, and Chief Justice of the United 
States, the greatest jurist of the greatest tribunal the 
world has ever known. (Applause.) 

The names of these men coupled with that of Wash- 
ington show that Masonry had taken a deservedly 
high rank in Virginia, and even then was worthy of 
the boast " that the greatest and the best of men have 
never deemed it derogatory to their dignity to level 
themselves with the Fraternity, extend their privi- 
leges, and patronize their assemblies." 

Time would fail me to tell of a score of others who 
shine as stars of the first magnitude in the galaxy of 
Virginia Masonry. I have mentioned only a few of 
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with the immortal Washington, and among all these 
distinguished men I have mentioned there is not one 
who stands out in such bold and brilliant relief as 
Washington himself. Virginia Masons are justly- 
proud of the fact that he is numbered among our ranks. 
We are proud that we initiated Washington into Ma- 
sonry, and that we can rejoice with you to-day that this 
initiation has for one hundred and fifty years contin- 
ued to add new lustre to Masonry. Edward Ever- 
ett has well said, " He was indeed a model citizen, a 
model soldier, a model gentleman, and a model 
Mason." (Applause.) 

When Henry of Navarre was about to engage in 
the battle of Ivry he held a council of war. One of 
his generals said some arrangements should be made 
to retreat in good order if they should be defeated. 
The king looked at him with fire in his eyes and said, 
" There shall be no defeat ; follow the plume in my 
helmet, and I will lead you to victory." The battle 
began, and, in the words of Macaulay, — 

" In they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, 
In the thickest of the carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre." 

His men followed the helmet worn by their com- 
mander, and victory was theirs. So to-day the voice 
of Washington comes down the years that are gone, 
saying to every true American citizen, follow me, and 
peace, happiness, and prosperity shall crown your 
efforts. (Applause.) 

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In war, he was the patient, persevering leader of the 
American patriots ; in peace, he is the model by which 
we are to fashion ourselves to be useful citizens of our 
incomparable and unconquerable country ; and it will 
thus remain so long as Washington's God is our God. 
(Applause.) 

To the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania are we indebted for the esteemed privilege of 
participating in this celebration. I extend to you, 
Right Worshipful Sir, the sincere thanks of the 
Masons of Virginia for your kind invitation and gen- 
erous hospitality, not only to myself, but to the other 
Virginia Masons who have come at your bidding. I 
I feel that it is good to be here. On yesterday I knew 
President Roosevelt only as the Chief Magistrate of 
our great country ; to-day I know him as my Brother. 
(Applause.) Heretofore I have known many of the 
other distinguished Masons present only by the printed 
page ; to-day I have grasped their hands and looked 
into their faces, and feel that a stronger fraternal tie 
exists between us. 

My Brethren, let us to-day resolve that the fires of 
Freemasonry shall burn brighter upon the altar of our 
hearts, and as the incense of brotherly love arises 
therefrom, as a sweet-smelling savor, may the smoke 
thereof, as it ascends towards Heaven, form itself into 
letters against the horizon large enough to be seen by 
every one over whom floats the Stars and Stripes of 
. Old Glory, spelling these words : We are Brethren / 
(Prolonged applause.) 

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" Away down South in Dixie" was sung by all the 
Brethren. 

The sixth toast, " The Commonwealth of Pennsyl- 
vania," was proposed by the R. W. Senior Grand 
Warden, who said, — 

Every Brother within the sound of my voice is proud 
of the Commonwealth in which he lives. (Applause.) 
We are proud of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
standing side by side with the sister States throughout 
these United States ; we are proud of her because of 
her natural products, her coal, her iron, her oil, and 
her lumber, sufficient to supply all the demands that are 
made upon her. (Applause.) We are proud of our 
Governor ; we are proud that he is a Mason, and that 
he is present with us to-night. (Applause.) I take 
great pleasure in proposing the toast, " The Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania," and will call upon Brother 
William A. Stone, the Governor of our State, to re- 
spond to that toast. (Prolonged applause.) 

Brother William A. Stone, Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania, responded as follows : 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 

Brethren, I should like very much to discuss and 
bring to your attention the wealth and glory of the 
past and the future of the great State of Pennsylvania, 
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Brethren here from other States, and, no matter what I 
might say, they would still retain their preference for 
their own States. (Laughter.) 

I do not know that I wish to say anything, even if 
I could, that might lead you all to emigrate to Penn- 
sylvania, because we have a great deal of trouble as it 
is. (Laughter.) I do not know of anything good that 
can be said of any State that might not be said and re- 
peated of Pennsylvania. But I will not punish you 
by saying it. 

I am proud of the fact that when Masonry first 
planted itself on the soil of our State it attracted the 
best men of the State ; and the best men of the State 
have always been Masons and are Masons to-night. 
(Applause.) 

There are many good men in Pennsylvania who are 
not Masons, but they are following the principles of 
Masonry. (Applause.) We are proud to include 
some of our most reputable citizens in our Fraternity, 
who are here to-day in this great meeting, and I am 
proud of the fact that not only Pennsylvania, but all 
the States have sent representative men here who are 
honored at home and are leaders in the professions and 
industries and all that pertain to their States. (Ap- 
plause.) 

I am proud of Pennsylvania, and I am proud of 
the people of Pennsylvania, — proud of their past and 
certain of their future. (Applause.) 

Pennsylvania has sixty thousand Masons, almost one 

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per cent, of her entire population. The enrolment of 
able-bodied men for the defence of the State numbers 
nine hundred and fifty thousand, and six per cent, 
of that number are Masons in good standing in Penn- 
sylvania. (Applause.) 

I was made a Mason a great many years ago, for- 
tunately for me, after they had abandoned the custom 
of the use of alcohol on the outside in initiation. 
(Laughter.) I lived in a little country town, and had 
been elected a member, but not initiated, and was wait- 
ing for the next regular meeting of the Lodge, when 
the Grand Lodge Officers visited the town and it was 
desirable to do some work. I was sent for and a dis- 
pensation was granted, and I took all three degrees in 
one night, — and it was a very warm night. (Laughter.) 

I came away with a confused notion of Masonry and 
an everlasting sympathy for the man who did Masonic 
work. (Applause.) 

I have heard much to-day, and heartily join in all 
that has been said concerning George Washington. 
We have praised him, and eulogized him, and eaten 
him at this table. (Laughter.) Nearly everything 
that ever happened to George Washington has been 
referred to, except the story about the hatchet. (Laugh- 
ter.) Whether that was thought to be inappropriate 
upon this occasion or not, I do not know. I never did 
think anyhow that George Washington in that par- 
ticular instance did anything so very greatly to his 
credit. I cannot see that there was such a great temp- 



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tation to lie about that cherry-tree. (Laughter.) Of 
course, had he lived in this day and age of the world, 
the temptation would have been far greater. (Laugh- 
ter.) It is true, his conscience was bothered with the 
cherry-tree, but Geokge Washington never ran a 
newspaper, and he never ran for office in Pennsyl- 
vania. (Prolonged laughter.) 

I congratulate you all, and I congratulate this noble 
Fraternity of ours that can so heartily and so frater- 
nally gather about these boards and greet each other, 
and look good-natured towards each other on the fifth 
of November, although it comes so close to the fourth 
of November. (Laughter.) 

It is a great compliment to this Fraternity that it 
can soften not only the ambitions, but the successes 
and disappointments of men, and harmonize them all 
in the crucible of brotherly love, which is, after all, 
what we live for, after all, what we hope for, and after 
all, what we pray for ; and we never pray to be suc- 
cessful in politics. (Laughter.) 

My Brother here on the left, representing the State 
of Virginia [Grand Master Kerns], has just ad- 
dressed you eloquently. I can recall a very bitter 
contest between Pennsylvania and Virginia, when 
prejudice and hatred ran high. It was bitter enough 
to break up families, but the hate and prejudice en- 
gendered during the Civil War were never sufficient to 
break the bond of Freemasonry. (Cries of " Good, 
good," all over the hall, and prolonged applause.) 

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Many a boy in Blue crawling back towards the 
Northern lines thanked his God that he was a Mason 
before he became a soldier ; and many a boy in Gray 
making his way back to the South experienced the 
same generous brotherly Masonic feeling. 

It is something to remember, while we go on helping 
to make history and helping to live decently, that 
stronger than any other tie is the tie that binds men 
in brotherly love and friendship. (Applause.) I will 
not undertake to picture nor to portray these ties. A 
great artist may paint a rose, but no one ever knew 
enough to paint the fragrance of the rose. A great 
orator might describe Freemasonry, but he cannot de- 
scribe the unknown, unspeakable fraternity of Free- 
masonry. (Applause.) It is something that is felt, 
not seen or heard ; it is something that cannot be de- 
scribed ; something that men who, growing old and 
gray in the service, lean on as on a loved child. (Ap- 
plause.) 

The key that unlocks all human hearts is the key 
of sympathy when we are in trouble. No man ever 
lived who did not have trouble — who was not chastened 
in the fire of adversity. He that unlocks the human 
heart does it with the key of sympathy. (Apjuause.) 

We, too, have a list of great men who have served 
in the capacity of Right Worshipful Grand Master of 
Masons in Pennsylvania. Every one of them has been 
an honor to his State. Chief Justices of our Supreme 
Court while sitting on the bench have been called, and 

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felt themselves honored by being elevated to this chair. 
(Applause.) 

I well remember my dear old friend, Judge Williams, 
whose last office was to be elected to this honored posi- 
tion, and I know that he loved it more and felt more 
highly honored by it than by the great office of Justice 
of our Supreme Court. (Applause.) It is something 
to look into a man's eye and know that he is in sympathy 
with you, — real, genuine, heart-felt sympathy. It is not 
all a mere form of pretence ; it is not all a mere hand- 
shake and nod ; it is felt by the men who belong to 
this great Fraternity and is practised by them. (Ap- 
plause.) 

A certain percentage of men will join the Masons 
and also the Church ; some will get married, and some 
will stay single. So the world goes ; but the men who 
are drawn into this organization are generally good 
men. They are generally good men at home and in 
the Church ; generally good men in their families, and 
good citizens in their State. Therefore, I am proud of 
this splendid assemblage ; I am proud of the men in 
this great audience who are Pennsylvanians ; and I am 
proud and glad to meet the representative men of our 
Fraternity who come from other States. We will all 
go to our homes with a better opinion of you and your 
States, and you will go home with a greater respect 
and more friendly regard, and a better opinion of 
Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians. (Prolonged ap- 
plause.) 

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The seventh toast, " Our Sister Grand Lodges," was 
proposed by the R. W. Junior Grand Warden, who 
said, — 

It is difficult to understand how a Grand Lodge of 
an exclusive male Fraternity might or could, or why it 
should have Sister Grand Lodges, and it is certain that 
the only Mason of this or affiliated Jurisdictions who 
can satisfactorily explain this sociological contradiction 
is the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Maryland, 
Brother Thomas J. Shryock. From him we request 
response. (Applause.) 

Brother Thomas J. Shryock, Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Masons in Maryland, responded as 
follows : 

OUR SISTER GRAND LODGES 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren 
of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania : 

I can assure you that your Sister Grand Lodges 
could not have been summoned to any function to 
which they would have responded more promptly than 
to that sent them by you, to participate in celebrating 
any occasion that might relate to our distinguished 
Brother, George Washington. 

I presume I could interest you, like the Grand 
Master of Virginia, by telling you of some little part 
that my State took in aiding George Washington to 
form this great nation. I could name you a long line 

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of illustrious Revolutionary heroes, who responded to 
his call from the State of Maryland. I could tell you 
of the part they took in the formulation of that great 
Document, which to-day stands as the most perfect 
Constitution ever written by the hand of man. 

I could tell you that the State of Maryland carried 
out the most important injunction that Washington 
left to the people in his Farewell Address, which was to 
establish free schools ; for, in my State was established 
the first free school that was ever established in the 
world. (Applause.) 

I could tell you that in the State of Maryland was 
established the first Appellate Court that was ever es- 
tablished in this country. But I must forbear. This 
is not a Maryland Day, but a day in honor of that great 
and good Brother, Geokge Washington. 

You have had spread before you to-day and this even- 
ing an oratorical banquet, which has covered every 
phase of the life of our illustrious Brother, and at this 
late hour of the night it seems almost impossible to 
say a word of interest in regard to him. But I have 
noted the fact, that whilst your speakers have told of 
Washington as a man, as a Mason, as a General, as 
a Statesman, as a Diplomat, and as the Father of a 
great Nation of people, they have not referred to the 
magnificent consummation of Washington's work. 
(Applause.) 

Little did Washington dream, when he bound to- 
gether the thirteen original Colonies, — a nation in 

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swaddling clothes, — that at the dawn of the twentieth 
century that Nation would have spread its influence, 
and its power, and its aggregation of States from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific, from the northern parts of 
Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. (Applause.) 

Little did he dream that at the dawn of the twentieth 
century his work would have developed into the mag- 
nificent Republic of to-day, which is spreading its in- 
fluence throughout the whole civilized world, and prac- 
tically Americanizing the world. (Applause.) 

Little did Washington dream, when the flag of the 
thirteen Colonies was first raised over five millions of 
people, that at the dawn of the twentieth century it 
would float over a larger number of intelligent white 
citizens than claimed allegiance to the flag of any other 
nation on the face of the globe. (Applause.) 

Little did he think that it would be the emblem of 
citizenship of more white people than that of the 
mother-country itself. (Applause.) 

Little did he dream that the ships of the sea would 
carry the product of the brain and muscle of the 
American citizen to the uttermost parts of the earth, 
for he builded better than he knew. (Applause.) 

Little did he dream that in any country on the face 
of God's fair earth, where man can step his foot, you 
could buy commodities of American manufacture. 
(Applause.) 

It was my good fortune a few months since to travel 
through the far East. Frequently I have travelled 

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through Europe and seen many things of interest and 
many things to be admired, and on this trip, as we 
sailed through the Mediterranean, we saw many things 
of the Old World which appealed to us. We passed 
the Dardanelles, through the Bosphorus, and to the 
land of the Turk, across Assyria, the land of the Bible ; 
but it was when we sailed into the harbor of ancient 
Alexandria that our hearts were made to beat quicker, 
for we were here brought to realize that we belonged to 
the greatest and the best race of people on the face of the 
earth. (Ap2)lause.) A new race of people. (Applause.) 
A race of intellectual and mechanical giants. For, as 
we approached that harbor, there came within the range 
of our vision a forest of ship-masts, representing the 
commerce of the world, carrying the flags of all nations ; 
and, as we neared the dock, we saw floating aloft the 
flag of our own beloved country, the Stars and Stripes 
of Washington ; and we asked if it had been placed 
there as a compliment to us American travellers ; and 
it made our pulses quicken and our hearts jump, when 
the answer came, — " No, that flag is placed at the top 
of a great travelling crane to indicate that it is finished, 
and also that it was made in America by American 
workmen, and set up in the harbor of the East for the 
purpose of unloading and loading the commodities of 
the earth." (Applause.) 

Upon further inquiry we learned that the modern 
machinery, the travelling cranes, the hydraulic lifts, 
then at work before our eyes, were the product of the 

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mechanical genius of our own people, and that they 
had been manufactured in our own country, — the 
United States. (Applause.) 

We took a train that sped across the desert at the 
rate of fifty miles an hour, and we were told that that 
train was being drawn by an American locomotive, 
built, perhaps, in your own City of Brotherly Love. 
(Applause.) 

As we sped across the desert, our attention was 
directed to a magnificent train of modern steel cars, of 
eighty thousand pounds capacity each, built by the 
American Steel Car Company, and I can assure you, 
my Brethren, that we felt proud of the fact that we 
were of that nation of people, who were sending back 
to the land of the Pharaohs the implements of com- 
merce and manufacture which would assist them in 
building up a new and a greater civilization. 

These are a few of the results of Washington's 
work. You have often heard it said that " Masonry is 
the handmaid of religion." Let me tell you that she 
has also been the right hand of those who builded with 
Washington, and that she will ever continue to be the 
bulwark of civil and religious liberty of this great He- 
public of ours. The work of Washington and the 
work of Freemasonry is not to cease at the dawn of 
the twentieth century, but it is to go on and on, until 
the whole world is brought within the influence of this 
great giant Republic of ours, and only the Grand 
Master above knows what the dawn of the twenty-first 

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century will show, as the outgrowth of Washington's 
small beginning. (Prolonged applause.) 

"Maryland, my Maryland," was sung by all the 
Brethren. 

The eighth toast, " Our Honored Guests," was pro- 
posed by the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, who said, — 

Brethren, I should be glad if I could find words 
to express the sentiment which I feel towards those of 
our Brethren who have come here from distant places 
to do honor to us on this occasion, probably the 
greatest historical Masonic event that has taken place 
in the United States. (Applause.) 

I regret, however, that I cannot do so, that I cannot 
do more than express fraternal feelings to those ten 
Brethren who are Grand Masters of their Jurisdictions 
and the nine others who are here present among us to 
represent the Grand Masters of their Jurisdictions, and 
the Committees who have come here from their Lodges 
bringing various relics of Washington, and have done 
so, each one, to make this meeting a success. (Ap- 
plause.) 

I can only, on behalf of those of us who are of the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, express our kindly 
and fraternal feeling by proposing this toast to our 
guests : " Our Honored Guests," and I will call upon 
Brother J. Franklin Fort to respond. (Applause.) 

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Brother J. Franklin Fort, a Justice of the Su- 
preme Court of New Jersey, responded as follows : 

OUR HONORED GUESTS 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren : 
Those of us who have had the privilege of being 
here to-day from Sister Jurisdictions have learned a 
great deal, and we have learned one thing, at least, 
that I desire to speak of in the outset. That one thing 
is, that in the Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, you have 
indeed imbued in your very souls the principles enun- 
ciated by the great Apostle when he said, "Add to your 
faith, virtue ; to virtue, knowledge ; to knowledge, tem- 
perance ; and to temperance, patience." (Applause.) 

It is hard to conceive of a gathering of intelligent 
men, coming from twenty States of a great nation, and 
from sections of the continent outside these States, 
sitting from twelve o'clock mid-day until almost twelve 
o'clock at night and listening to talks such as we have 
had to-day, even to talks as good and as great as these 
have been. It certainly shows that you have culti- 
vated to the highest degree the virtue of patience. 
(Applause.) 

I came here to-night, like the distinguished gentle- 
men who have spoken, with a speech, entirely im- 
promptu, which I have been preparing ever since I re- 
ceived your invitation, but I have concluded that the 
best thing to do is to entirely abandon it. This day 
has so thoroughly impressed every man who has been 

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here, and the spirit of it has so entered into his soul, 
that a speech on the subject of " Our Guests" prepared 
beforehand would, I fear, fall very flat. 

A Jerseyman is always at home in Philadelphia. 
(Applause.) You know the definition of your city, as 
declared in Holy Writ, is " Brotherly Love," and any- 
thing that has love in it a Jerseyman always admires. 
(Laughter.) Next to sisterly love, brotherly love al- 
ways appeals to a Jerseyman. 

In the third chapter of Revelation, I think it is, 
and, if I am wrong, Brother Wanamakek can correct 
me, " He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, 
and no man shutteth," declared of Philadelphia of old, 
" I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an 
open door, and no man can shut it." The door of this 
modern city, like the ancient city, is never closed, but 
always open for princely hospitality and for all good 
works. (Applause.) We, the guests in the great Phila- 
delphia of to-day, two thousand years after these words 
were written by St. John the Divine, find your hospi- 
table doors wide open, and no man seems to be able, 
even at twelve o'clock at night, to shut them. (Ap- 
plause.) 

It is a difficult thing, as a guest, to speak to the toast 
"Our Guests." It certainly could not have been in 
the mind of the Pennsylvania Masons, when they gave 
that toast to a modest Jerseyman, that he would have 
courage to talk about himself. We can talk about how 
you have treated us, but we can say nothing of our- 

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selves. We come to you, it is true, in the same way 
and manner that others have come to you before. We 
come to you as men free-born, of full age, and under 
the tongue of true Masonic report, and we want to say 
to you from our heart of hearts, from the depth of our 
love for you as Brother Masons, that we thank you for 
what you have permitted us to enjoy and the uplift you 
have given us this day. (Applause.) 

I want to congratulate the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- 
vania not only upon this great occasion, but upon the 
high plane upon which this celebration has been kept. 
I question if any of the seven hundred men who have 
to-day gathered in the Grand Lodge Room above, and 
at this table, ever before sat for so long a time, or even 
for a shorter one, and listened to addresses so strong in 
character, so high in moral principle, so patriotic in 
sentiment, so broad and loving in character, so uplifting 
in national spirit, and so eloquent along all the lines 
on which all the Brethren have spoken. (Applause.) 

This is a great country, indeed, in which we live. 
True, as your Governor has said ; true, as the Most 
Worshipful Grand Master of Maryland has said, 
Washington never dreamed of its present greatness, 
and the men who were with him never had a concep- 
tion of this Nation as it is to-day. They builded better 
than they knew. They gave us a heritage which has 
been handed down from them to us and which we shall 
hand down to our children and to our children's chil- 
dren. (Applause.) 

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Our flag now floats the wide world round, respected. 
The time has gone by when we were but a little fringe 
of colonies bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. We are 
a great nation, stretching from ocean to ocean, and 
across the Western seas into the Orient; stretching in 
the East and in the West with no limit and no end. 
(Applause.) Our flag to-day stands for freedom and 
the rights of man and the safeguarding of our citizens 
everywhere. It is a proud title to be a citizen of the 
Republic of the United States of America. To be a 
Roman, in the days of Csesar, stayed the hand of the 
oppressor in all nations. Paul, the great Apostle to 
the Gentiles, standing falsely accused before Festus and 
about to be condemned under the Jewish Law, de- 
clared, " I am free-born and a Roman, and I appeal 
unto CaBsar." And to Caesar he did go. To-night, 
round the world, anywhere, in any nation, the shel- 
tering folds of the flag of the Republic of which 
Washington was the Father will protect you from 
false accusation and condemnation by the simple 
declaration, "/ am an American Citizen." (Cheers 
and applause.) 

The ninth toast, " The Day we Celebrate," was pro- 
posed b}' the R. W. Junior Grand Warden, who said, — 

Two thoughts are suggested by this Anniversary. 
First, fidelity to Freemasonry, and second, loyalty to 
government. May Craftsmen be true to the Tenets, 
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the maxims of good government inspire a purer citi- 
zenship ! May Freemasons be faithful to their volun- 
tary vows, and may our citizens be men "who their 
duty know, and know their rights, and knowing, dare 
maintain them !" May God bless our Craft, and may 
God save our State ! (Applause.) I ask response to 
this sentiment from a Brother who has earned dis- 
tinction by faithful public services, and who now 
approaches an honor guarded and charged with grave 
responsibilities. (Prolonged applause.) 

Brother Samuel W. Pennypacker, Governor-elect 
of Pennsylvania, responded as follows : 

THE DAY WE CELEBRATE 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren : 
I thank you for your warm greeting. It is not the 
first tribute I have had here to-night. You have heard 
from the Church, that in an assemblage which com- 
prises a newspaper editor, a Sunday-school proprietor, 
a Bishop, and myself, by universal accord the water- 
pitcher was assigned to me. 

I am much pleased to be here with you. I am glad 
to see this great assemblage. I am impressed with the 
importance of it all. The career of George Wash- 
ington, both as a man and as a Mason, was of the 
greatest consequence. There is a phase of that career 
to which I am about to call your attention so far as 
I know heretofore suggested by no historian. While it 

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is true that he was born along the Potomac, it required 
more than the gentle breezes that came from the Chesa- 
peake to bring out the strength of his character. 
While he lived there his life was simply that of a 
farmer. It was the barren life of planter. I propose 
to read to you just a few extracts from his own journal 
written with his own hand, to express that thought : 
" Sowed flax at meadow hill ; finished planting corn in 
the neck and began with four ploughs to break up the 
five-foot cut ; finished planting corn at the mill and 
began to break up the field around the overseer's 
house. Cut twenty-two old rams and began to shear 
my sheep ;" and so it continues. It is the record of a 
man who spent his life in the sowing of wheat, the 
planting of corn, and in the shearing of sheep. 

It needed, for the unfolding of his character, that he 
should feel the sterner breezes from the Allegheny 
Mountains, and the point to which I wish to call your 
attention here to-night is that substantial^ the whole 
of his career, as it affected the American nation, was 
passed in the great State in which we live. 

Out in Fayette County, in the western part of this 
State, among the mountains is a meadow which early 
got the name of " Great Meadows," through which 
runs a stream of water. In 1754, attention was first 
called to Washington at this place, where first he 
heard the firing of hostile arms in an assault by the 
French, and in his defence of Fort Necessity. 

In 1755, he obtained further reputation in the battle 

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which has been called " Braddock's Defeat." In 1774, 
he was a member of Congress in Philadelphia. In 
1775, he was, in Independence Hall, made Commander- 
in-Chief of the armies. All of his battles save the 
battle of Long Island, where he was defeated, and the 
surrender at Yorktown, where it was a question 
whether or not the result depended upon the French 
fleet or the American army, — all of his battles — 
Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, Warren's 
Tavern, Trenton, Princeton, and Monmouth — were 
fought around the City of Philadelphia. (Applause.) 

After the war he was again called to this City as 
president of the Convention which adopted the Consti- 
tution of the United States ; and thereafter he was 
elected President of the United States. Save for one 
term of Congress held in the City of New York, he 
spent the whole of his official career in this City of 
Philadelphia, so that substantially the whole of his 
active life, military and political, was associated with 
this great State. (Applause.) You ought to re- 
member the fact. 

In the War of the Revolution the tide was turned at 
the battle of Trenton, which occurred in the year 1776. 
His army was reduced to three thousand men ; his 
forces were deserting him, his people leaving him. At 
that time fifteen hundred men came to his support. 
This reinforcement increased, as you see, by one-half 
the army which he then had. Emboldened by this 
addition to his forces, he fought the battle of Trenton 

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and the battle of Princeton, and the cause of the Col- 
onies was saved. 

Now, what I want to call your attention to is the fact 
that of these fifteen hundred men who then came to the 
rescue and who made that addition to his forces, every 
man was a Pennsylvanian. (Applause.) 

It has been suggested to me with respect to the toast 
assigned to me, " The Day We Celebrate," that there 
was perhaps some sinister purpose to refer to the elec- 
tion of yesterday. I decline to so consider it. I decline 
to see any connection between the important events of 
one hundred and fifty years ago and the interesting 
events which happened so recently. While there may 
be some uncertainty as to whether this was meant to 
be the celebration of November the fourth or of No- 
vember the fifth, I prefer the latter date. There is 
much contrast in the events which have happened upon 
this day. It is the anniversary of the plot of Guy 
Fawkes to blow up the English Parliament, and among 
all English-speaking people there is sung, — 

" Remember, remember 
The fifth of November, 

The Gunpowder treason and plot ; 
I see no reason 
Why the Gunpowder treason 

Should ever be forgot !" 

The fifth of November among us Masons will here- 
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able President of the United States — he who has 
written books of travel like Bayard Taylor, and 
books of adventure like Fenimore Cooper, who has 
been Governor of the State of New York, who has 
climbed San Juan hill, and who recently settled that 
strike which was hanging over all of our industries 
and threatened us for the future — came here to assist 
in our celebration. Our President came here to assist 
us in commemorating the anniversary of the initiation 
as a Mason of that other great President, the first of 
our Presidents, the most distinguished of Americans, 
the " Cincinnatus of the West." That, it seems to me, 
is the great significance of this anniversary. 

We need in this land more of the spirit of kindli- 
ness and more of the spirit of brotherhood. We need 
that kind of feeling which will lead us to look on our 
fellow-men with charity and with sympathy, and in 
appreciation of their work. We need to frown upon 
the spirit of cavil and criticism. We need, in fact, 
more of the spirit of Freemasonry. (Prolonged ap- 
plause.) 

The tenth and last toast, " All Our Friends," which 
was Washington's favorite toast, was proposed by the 
R. W. Senior Grand Warden, who said, — 

Brethren, I want you to appreciate why I insist 
upon having the last toast : because we always reserve 
the best for the last. The next toast upon the pro- 
gramme, " All Our Friends," is said to have been the 

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most popular toast of our Brother George Washing- 
ton. (Applause.) 

It seems to me peculiarly fitting that we should 
have selected not only the most popular man in Phila- 
delphia ; not only the most popular man in Pennsyl- 
vania, but one of the most popular men in the United 
States, to respond to that toast. (Applause.) 

I do not want any better evidence of that fact than 
that, when he resigned from President Roosevelt's 
cabinet, there were many expressions of regret at his 
decision. (Applause.) 

I want to say to our Brethren from our Sister Juris- 
dictions that when we selected this Brother to respond 
to this toast, we selected one who stands prominent not 
only for his social qualities, but for his genial disposi- 
tion. (Applause.) 

I take great pleasure in proposing the next toast, 
" All Our Friends," and will call upon our distinguished 
Brother Charles Emory Smith to respond. (Ap- 
j)lause.) 

Brother Charles Emory Smith, Ex-Postmaster- 
General of the United States, responded as follows : 

"ALL OUR FRIENDS" 

Right Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren : 
You all remember that Carlyle was the fervent eu- 
logist of Cromwell. Lord Beaconsfield says Carlyle 
had reasons to speak civilly of Cromwell, for Cromwell 

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would have hanged him. I would speak civilly of our 
Right Worshipful Grand Master, but for no such 
reason, except in one aspect. We congratulate him 
upon the brilliant success of this day, but I am sure 
that I will be pardoned if I say that I have been kept 
in a state of suspense — in a state of being hanged — 
throughout many hours. As I listened to the brilliant 
speeches which have been delivered here to-night I 
forgot all that suspense, and only when at times I 
looked at the programme and saw what was in store for 
me, did I feel that I had such reasons as Beaconsfield 
imputed to Carlyle for speaking civilly of the Com- 
mittee, if not of the Grand Master. (Applause.) 

You have spanned the Arch of Masonry, and you 
have reached me, at last, at the foot. You have boxed 
the compass, and I am the only one left. You have 
squared the circle, and every one has squared himself 
nobly, except the one before you. 

You have asked me to respond to the toast " All Our 
Friends," and you have said that it was the favorite 
toast of Washington. 

Washington was a man of the deepest and broadest 
sympathies ; his great nature was full of the brother- 
hood of man. Dignified as he was in his bearing, 
majestic as he was in his character, awe-inspiring as he 
was in his imposing personality, yet his sympathies 
were large and broad and comprehensive. (Applause.) 

He loved as a brother that young consummate prod- 
igy of American History who stood at his right hand, 

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Alexander Hamilton (applause), and he cherished 
as a devoted friend that chivalrous patriot from France, 
the Marquis de Lafayette. (Applause.) When he 
proposed the toast, " All Our Friends," it came from 
the greatest soul among the makers of nations in all 
time, and it encircled a noble company of the true, the 
good, and the devoted. (Applause.) Great as that 
company was, he stood far above all in his unapproach- 
able fame, and he rebukes and forbids all common 
panegyric ; he stands out matchless in the lustre of 
that tribute of the great orator of the Old World who 
recognized the foremost man of the world in this 
American leader, when he said that " Caesar was merci- 
ful, Scipio was continent, Hannibal was patient, but it 
was reserved for Washington to blend them all in 
one, and, like the lovely chef d'osuvre of the Grecian 
artist, to exhibit in one glow of associated beauty the 
pride of every model and the perfection of every 
master." (Applause.) 

I can imagine Washington, — and I regret that I 
must come here and ask you to accept the spontaneous 
expressions of the moment without that preparation 
which ought to have been made for such an august oc- 
casion as this, — I can imagine Washington as he stood 
in a Lodge in this City of Philadelphia, proposing a 
toast to " All Our Friends," and I can imagine that 
as he proposed it he looked across the room and there 
he saw that great Mason, whose simple, lofty grandeur 
captivated the most dazzling court of the Old World, 

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and who is buried in yonder graveyard with the simple 
legend, " Benjamin Franklin, Printer," upon his 
tomb. (Applause.) 

I can imagine him looking to the other side of the 
room and recognizing among the most trusted and 
cherished of his friends that other illustrious Brother 
to whom reference was made by our distinguished 
Brother ; that man whose luminous understanding and 
consummate knowledge of the Constitution and its prin- 
ciples enabled him to do work second only to that of 
Washington himself, — that great jurist, Brother John 
Marshall, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of 
Virginia. (Applause.) I can imagine that another was 
here then, who had left a life of ease and a place among 
the frivolities of the French Court. I can imagine 
him looking across to his young, ardent, and chivalrous 
friend, whose spirit was so generous, who had left the 
luxuries of his own country to fight for Liberty and 
Humanity on the soil of America, as he extended his 
hand to Lafayette. (Applause.) Then, remember- 
ing that he was the first of a great line, I can imagine 
him, later, looking down that line, and recognizing his 
illustrious successors. I can imagine him pointing to 
that heroic, dauntless, faithful warrior, whose power of 
will has never been surpassed in our country, — the 
Hero of New Orleans, Brother Andrew Jackson. 
(Applause.) 

I can imagine him looking along a little farther and 
finding in that line of successors another friend and 

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Mason, a man of great public experience, who repre- 
sented a great sentiment in our country, and who came 
from our own State of Pennsylvania, Brother James 
Buchanan. (Applause.) And then a little farther 
along I can see him looking at that accomplished 
scholar, that brilliant orator, that gallant soldier, who 
knew best of all the arts of statesmanship, that leader 
of the House of Representatives, that martyr in the 
Presidency, Brother James A. Garfield. (Applause.) 
Then I am sure that he looked with peculiar affection 
and touching regard upon that Brother who resembled 
him in many respects, — that great President who passed 
away only a year ago, amid the tears of his people and 
the sorrow of the world. As I recall him I remember 
a scene. Two years ago I accompanied that President 
to the Centennial observance of the death of Wash- 
ington. It was on the grounds of his own beautiful 
Mount Vernon ; the broad expanse of the Potomac 
glistened before us ; the tranquil and serene beauty of 
glen and wood surrounded us. A great throng of 
people assembled around the sacred tomb as, with the 
participation of representative Masons from all parts 
of our country, their ritual was reverently rendered ; 
and there the President of the United States, honored 
and esteemed and beloved like him whom he com- 
memorated, paid his eloquent tribute to his great 
predecessor, — both conspicuous types of the Masonic 
virtues and of the Masonic principles embodied in ac- 
tion ; both pre-eminent leaders in great decisive epochs 

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of our Nation's history ; both embalmed in the hearts 
of the people and forever enshrined together in the 
Temple of Immortality. (Prolonged applause.) 

I can imagine more, Eight Worshipful Grand Mas- 
ter. I can imagine that on this day, memorable in our 
own history, ever to be remembered as an historic oc- 
casion, when the President of the United States met 
here with us to commemorate the initiation of the first 
great President as a Mason, — I can imagine that the 
great shade of Washington hovers over us to-day and 
to-night, and I can believe that from that august shade 
there comes to-night the echo of the favorite toast, "All 
Our Friends ;" and as they are gathered here from all 
parts of the country, I am sure that the testimony of 
the love and affection and devotion of a great people 
has never been more deeply manifested than now. 
(Applause.) 

I feel that this same sentiment to " All Our Friends" 
can be applied to-night, not merely to this great com- 
pany of men gathered from all quarters of this State, 
but I am sure that you will agree with me in applying it 
and in offering it especially to our friends and Brothers 
who have come to us from other States to honor this 
occasion with their presence. (Applause.) All of these 
Brothers are included within this comprehensive toast ; 
to all of them, individually and collectively, your greet- 
ing has been extended. It has been given from other 
and higher sources, and it does not become me, the 
humblest of all in this company, to assume that duty, 

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but as my word is the last, let it be a word of greeting 
to all our friends from these other States ; to our good 
friend from Massachusetts, whose eloquence delighted 
us to-day ; to our Brother from Virginia, who spoke of 
the State and for the State that gave us Washington ; 
and to our friends from Idaho and from Connecticut, 
and all who have gathered here with us to make this a 
memorable occasion. (Applause.) 

A great Temple like this in which we are gathered 
to-night is, in the phrase of Emerson, a blossoming of 
granite subdued to the insatiate demand of harmony in 
man. It is the blossom of what is really an eternal 
flower, and it has, with all its solidity, the likeness and 
the delicate finish of vegetable beauty. (Applause.) 
It is the function of Masonry not only to build the 
material structure, but to build character, and we have 
builded it, as this great Masonic Temple is built, on a 
sure foundation — strong in all its fabric, and with the 
beauty and the symmetry of mediaeval architecture. 
(Applause.) I am sure there is no Mason within these 
walls to-night who does not feel himself a better Mason, 
a better citizen, for the work of this day. (Applause.) 
I was profoundly touched by the stirring words of my 
friend on my left [Grand Master Shryock, of Mary- 
land] with reference to the greatness our country has 
achieved, and I was impressed also by the glowing 
eloquence of my friend on my right [Brother Fort, of 
New Jersey], who expanded the same theme. You 
can well understand, in view of the associations of these 

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last four years, that those words, with their significant 
indication of the expanding greatness of our country, 
have deeply touched my heart. I listened with pro- 
found gratitude to that tribute to our flag; I heard 
with sympathy and with quickened patriotism their 
eloquent portraiture of the greatness and the grandeur 
which has come to American citizenship, and as I lis- 
tened to their glowing words I could not but recall the 
scene of which I was a witness a few years ago. It was 
my fortune to be in the harbor of Newport on the occa- 
sion of a great naval fete. In that well-nigh land- 
locked harbor there were several of the noble battle- 
ships of the Republic, and many of its pleasure-craft. 
It was the night of a fete as brilliant as any that ever 
glistened on the waters of Venice. Ten thousand Chi- 
nese lanterns made it a fairy scene. Suddenly, high 
above the flag-boat of the Commodore, a boat since 
made famous as the gallant little " Gloucester" of the 
gallant Wainwright at Santiago, there shot out a 
brilliant stream of light, and in its luminous rays there 
appeared the bright Stars and the glorious Stripes of 
our National flag. From a thousand throats, from a 
hundred cannon, there came a new acclaim and greet- 
ing of Old Glory, as it shone there all the brighter, its 
stars all the more radiant, against the darkness of the 
sky. (Applause.) As our friends were speaking of 
the grandeur of our country and its expanding power, 
I could not but think that if our flag has been unfurled 
in dark and remote lands, that darkness only makes it 

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all the brighter. Let us advance American civiliza- 
tion, American liberty, and American ideals, and illu- 
mine all with American glory. (Prolonged applause.) 

The singing of " Auld Lang Syne" brought the cele- 
bration to a conclusion, about eleven o'clock. 

In addition to the medal already described, each 
Brother attending the celebration received as a souve- 
nir, a white dinner-plate, nine inches in diameter, dec- 
orated in blue, of which a representation is given here. 
It was made for the Grand Lodge, through Messrs. 
Wright, Tyndall & Van Eoden, of Philadelphia, by 
the Mercer Pottery Company, of Trenton, New Jersey, 
the Committee's design being admirably carried out 
by Brother John Pope, of Fraternal Lodge, No. 139, 
Trenton, New Jersey, who succeeded in making what 
is said to be the finest blue-print work in this country. 
The border of the plate is a reproduction of the border 
on the china presented to Washington by the French 
officers who served under him. The coat of arms is 
from the Washington book-plate. The plate was 
enclosed in a square purple box, with an inscription 
in gilt. 



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THE MUSIC 

The music, which was excellently rendered, was in 
charge of Brother George Ford. 

The Chorus was composed of the following Breth- 
ren, who, with one exception, were members of Phila- 
delphia Lodges : 

Director. 



Bro. George Ford, 

Mozart, No. 436. 



Tenor. 
Bro. Owen Egberts, 

Pennsylvania, No. 380. 

" James T. G. Hand, 

Wm. B. Schnider, No. 419. 

" Alfred K. Gregory, 

Mozart, No. 436. 

" James N. Knipe, 

Mozart, No. 436. 

" J. Franklin Moss, 

Ivanhoe, No. 449. 

" Edgar A. Murphy, 

Ivanhoe, No. 449. 

" James Y. Glisson, 

Covenant, No. 456. 

" James Morrison, Jr., 

Olivet, No. 607. 



Baritone. 



Bro. M. Harmer Brooks, 

Mozart, No. 436. 

" Howard M. Murphy, 

Ivanhoe, No. 449. 

" William J. May, Jr., 

Crescent, No. 493. 

" Fred E. Davis, 

Olivet, No. 607. 

Bass. 
" Wilmer M. Bean, 

Charity, No. 190, Norristown. 

" George A. Lindsay, 

Ivanhoe, No. 449. 

" George W. Scouler, 

Ivanhoe, No. 449. 



Pianist. 
Herman D. Cotter, 

Shekinah, No. 246. 



Organist. 
" Harry C. Wilt, 

Mozart, No. 436. 



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The Orchestra was made up of the following Breth- 
ren, who, with one exception, were members of Phila- 
delphia Lodges : 



Violin. 
Bro. Henry Fehling, 

Mozart, No. 436. 

" Henry F. Volmer, 

St. Paul's, No. 481. 

Cello. 
" Louis Volmer, 

University, No. 610. 



Flute. 
Bro. Frederick E. Wagner, 

University No. 610. 

Cornet. 
" William A. Joseph, 

Washington, No. 59. 

Clarionet. 
" William F. Schensley, 

St. Mark's, No. 102, Glasgow, Scot- 
land. 



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THE LOAN EXHIBITION OF WASH- 
INGTONIANA 

At its meeting, on July the fifteenth, the Sesqui- 
centennial Committee requested the R. W. Grand 
Master to ask the Committee on Library (Brothers 
Louis Wagner, George W. Hall, of No. 121, I. 
Layton Register, Thomas S. Stout, Joshua L. 
Lyte, Arno Leonhardt, and Gilbert L. Lentz) 
to arrange an exhibition of Washingtoniana in the 
Library, from November the fourth until after the 
Quarterly Communication in December. 

The preparation of this exhibition was undertaken 
with the greatest zeal and enthusiasm by the Librarian, 
Brother George P. Hupp, who succeeded in getting 
together a very remarkable, most valuable, and ex- 
tremely interesting collection. It was found best to 
hold the exhibition in the east end of the main corri- 
dor of the Temple, which was properly enclosed and 
decorated. 

Those who so kindly loaned exhibits were protected 
by insurance against loss by fire and by burglary ; and 
at the close of the exhibition all the articles were 
returned without loss or damage. 

On Saturday afternoon, November the first, the 
R. W. Grand Master invited a large number of gentle- 

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men and ladies to examine the Loan Collection at a 
private view. Later, refreshments were served in the 
Grand Banquet Hall, and the Chorus rendered a 
number of selections. 

The Loan Exhibition was opened from November 
the first to and including December the sixth, twenty- 
eight days, the number of visitors being 48,552 ; 
greatest number in one day, 2611 ; average attendance 
per day, 1734 ; number of contributors, 72 ; number 
of exhibits, 1044. 

The catalogue of exhibits, which was admirably 
prepared by Brother Hupp, is as follows : 



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WASHINGTONIANA 




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LOAN EXHIBITION 

O F 

WASHINGTON I AN A 

Under the direction of the 

R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 

F. & A. M. 



MASONIC TEMPLE, PHILADELPHIA 

November 5th to December 5th 

1902 



The Celebration of the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of the Initiation 
of Brother George Washington into Freemasonry affords a fitting op- 
portunity in which to direct the attention of the Brethren to the strik- 
ing personal character of "our great patron and leader." The person- 
ality that made so deep an impress on the world's history has not lacked 
for appreciation ; artists, sculptors and men of letters have vied with one 
another in the endeavor to portray most faithfully their famous subject. 
No other man has ever lived of whom so many portraits have been 
made, and it is noteworthy that amidst the multitude of these, not a 
single caricature is known to exist. There is thus seen to be on hand 
ample material from which to draw for a worthy appreciation of the 
personal side of our illustrious Brother. 

With the view of deepening such appreciation and of arousing a more 
widespread interest, the Committee on Sesqui-centennial have decided 
that a Loan Exhibition of Washingtoniana in the Masonic Temple, 
Philadelphia, would be a fitting adjunct to the celebration. 

In pursuance of this plan they directed Brother George P. Rupp, of 
Philo Lodge, No. 444, Librarian of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 
to collect and arrange in suitable form such Washingtoniana as were 
obtainable. This he has done, and the result of his labor is here pre- 
sented for your inspection and study. 

The Hon. James T. Mitchell, Justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania, generously offered for the exhibition his unique collection 
of engraved portraits of Washington, the most extensive and valuable 
collection extant. Limitations of space, however, preventing the ac- 
ceptance of this offer in full, he kindly permitted the selection of one 
hundred and eighty-eight of those which are the most rare, many of 
which are the only known copies. Brother Joseph Wright and Mr. 
Charles W. Henry have contributed original paintings by Peale and 
Stuart. Letters, manuscripts and personal relics have been contributed 
by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr., Mr. George C. Thomas, Com- 
mittee on Antiquities of the Grand Lodge of New York, Hudson River 
Lodge of Newburgh, N. Y., Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr., Mr. Albert Rosen- 
thal, Mr. Joseph Cartledge, Dr. Max J. Stern, Dr. J. Solis Cohen, Mrs. 
Charles Hamilton, The Historical Societies of Pennsylvania and Dela- 
ware, The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, of Philadelphia, 
Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr., of New York, and many others. 

As a result we have here the most important Loan Exhibition of 
Washingtoniana ever held in this city. 

Mr. Stan. V. Henkels, the well known expert, has greatly assisted 
the Librarian with his knowledge and advice. 

To those here mentioned and to all others who have contributed 
toward making this a successful exhibition, the Committee desire to 
return their thanks. 

EDGAR A. TENNIS, 

Grand Master, 
On Behalf of Committee on Sesqui-centennial. 

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Al <tt Sigo of lU TMI«. 

PRESS OF LOUCHEAD 6 CO, 

PHILADELPHIA 



CATALOG 

Nos. i to 187 are Loaned by Hon. James T. Mitchell, 
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 

and are cataloged by Mr. Henkels, according to Baker's " Engraved 
Portraits of Washington." 



1 Washington Genefalissme des Etats Unis de l'Amerique. Full 

Bust in uniform, full face. Oval, with border in an orna- 
mented rectangle. In the oval to the left a tree, the branches 
of which spread over and behind the head. The Title in a 
Tablet beneath the oval. Line. Height, 13 8-16 inches; 
zvidth, 10 inches. Dessine par Bonnieu d'apres un Tab- 
leau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette. Grave par 
Chevillet. "Galerie des hommes Illustres vivans." 

Baker, No. 6. 

2 General George Washington Born Feb. 22, 1732, in West- 

moreland County, Virginia, and Died Dec. 14, 1799 at Mount 
Vernon. Full bust. Head to left. Stipple. Height, 11 4-16 
inches; width, 9 inches. R. Peale Pinx. D. Edwin Sc. 
Very rare. Baker, No. 9. 

3 General George Washington. Full bust. Head to left. 

Stipple. Height, 12 15-16 inches; ividth, 102-16 inches. R. 
Peale Pinxt. D. Edwin Sculpt. Printed in colours by H. 
Charles. Published by H. S. Tanner Philadelphia. 

Baker, No. 10. 

Note. — This is the same as the preceding print, with the ad- 
dition of a border, which is included in the measurement. 
Finest known copy printed in colors. 

4 General Washington. Full length in military costume, lean- 

ing upon a Field piece to the left, a riding switch in his right 
hand. The left, in which is a hat, rests upon a horse fore- 
shortened at the right. In the extreme distance to left upon 
a hill, a large Building with cupola. Mezzotinto. Height, 
19 14-16 inches; width, 14 inches. Peel pinxit Philadelphia. 
Stothard delint Londini. J. Brown Excudit. V. Green 



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fecit mezzotinto Engraver to the King of Great Britain and 
the Elector Palatine. From an original picture in the posses- 
sion of Mr. Brown, Publish'd by him April 22d, 1785, and sold 
at No. 10 George Yard Lombard Street London. Extremely 
rare. Baker, No. 12. 

Note. — Different from any full length executed by Peale 
and although ascribed to him by the lettering of the print, 
and as having been printed at Philadelphia, it is extremely 
doubtful. 

5 Le General Washington, Commendant En Chef Des Armees 

Americaines ne en Virginie en 1733. Bust in uniform. Head 
to right. Oval, with border in a rectangle, resting upon a 
Tablet, in which is a representation of the surrender at 
Yorktown, inscribed "Iournee memorable du 19 Octobre 
1781 a York en Virginie." Title within the border. Line. 
Height, 73-16 inches; zvidth, 58-16 inches. Grave d'apres 
le Tableau de N. Piehle peint d'apres nature a Philadelphie 
en 1783. Rare. Baker, No. 14. 

6 Qenl Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to right. Oval, 

with border in a rectangle, beneath which is a representation 
of the surrender at Yorktown, inscribed "Event of the 19th of 
Octr., 1781, at Yorktown in Virginia." Line. Height, 7 
11-16 inches; zvidth, 58-16 inches. "The English artist has 
follozvcd the lines of the print in the French original after a 
Picture by Piehle on account of the remarks of Mr. Lavater." 
T. Holloway Direxit. Published by T. Holloway & the 
other Proprietors, May 21, 1794. Rare. Baker, No. 15. 

7 Bust in uniform. Head to right. Oval, with three lines for a 

narrow border, suspended by a ring, above a Tablet contain- 
ing a representation of the surrender at Yorktown. Outline. 
Height, 4 10-16 inches; width, 3 12-16 inches. Extremely 
rare. Baker, No. 16. 

8 General Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to right. 

Stipple. Height, 3 4-16 inches; zvidth, 2 8-16 inches. 

Baker, No. 17. 

9 Georges Washington Eqer General en Chef de l'Armee Anglo- 

Ameriquaine nome Dictateur par le Congres en Fevrier 1777. 
Full bust, in uniform and Cocked Hat. Head to left, a drawn 
sword partly seen on the left. Oval, with border in a rec- 
tangle resting upon a Base, the Title in a Tablet upon the 
Base. Line. Height, 6 4-16 inches; zvidth, 4 8-16 inches. 
Desrais del. Le Beau, Sculp. A Paris chez Esnauts et Ra- 
pilly, rue St. Jacques a la ville de Coutances. Rare. 

Baker, No. 19. 
Note. — This appears to be a combination of Peale, and the 
one knozvn as the Campbell Portrait. 

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10 Le General Washington, ne Quid Detriment! Capiat Bes pub- 

lica. Full length uniform, standing to the left in front of a 
tent, in his right hand, a roll displaying sheets inscribed, 
"Declaration of Independence," "Treaty of Alliance &c." 
His left hand gloved, is thrust into the breast. Beneath his 
feet are various torn documents, marked "Protection to Reb- 
els," "Conciliatory Bills, &c, &c." In the rear a negro servant 
with a horse, and in the extreme right distance, on lower 
ground an encampment. Line. Height, 16 10-16 inches; 
width, 12 11-16 inches. Peint par L. le Paon Peintre de 
Bataille de S. A. S. M. le Prince de Conde. Grave par N. 
le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des 
sciences et arts de Rouen (1780). Grave d'apres le Tableau 
original appartenant a Mr. Marquis de la Fayette. Cette Es- 
tampe ce vend avec Privilege du Roy a Paris chez le Mire 
Graveur rue et porte St. Jacques Maison de Mr. le Camus 
Md. de Drap, prix 12 livres. Baker, No. 21. 

Note. — Beautiful proof before inscription or address. 

11 General Washington. Full figure in uniform, standing to 

the left, in front of a tent. Mezzotinto. Height, 12 14-16 
inches; width, 9 14-16 inches. Printed for and sold by Car- 
ington Bowles, N. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. 
Published as the act directs 24 June 1785. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 22. 
Note. — A copy of the preceding Print, omitting the tree in the 
rear of the Tent, and the Landscape to the right. 

12 General Washington. Bust in uniform, with black necker- 

chief. Head to right. Vignette. Stipple. Height, 2 4-16 
inches; width, 2 inches. Jas. Newton sculp. (Printed in 
tint.) Baker, No. 25. 

Note. — Of the greatest rarity, on the same sheet is also a 
portrait of Dr. Franklin, face to left. The two portraits 
are so seldom seen together that it is evident Mr. Baker 
only saw that of Washington. 
12a His Excell'cy George Washington, Esqr GENEBAL AND 
COMMANDER in CHIEF of the Allied Army Supporting the 
Independence of America. Full Bust in uniform, head slightly 
to left. Oval, in a rectangle, on the base of which is inscribed 
Temperance, Prudence, Fortitude, Justice. Over the oval is 
a laurel wreath, hung in festoons. Under the oval, are flags 
and war implements. Line. Height, 10 14-16 inches; width, 
92-16 inches. B. Blyth del. J. Norman sculp. Taken from 
an Original Picture in the possession of his Excy Govr Han- 
cock Published by John Coles, Boston, March 26th 1782. Also 
the Portrait of Mrs. Washington, by the same artist and en- 
graver, to match. These are exceedingly rare. 

Baker, No. 26. 

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13 George Washington Commandant en Chef des Armees 

Americanes, Ne en Virginie en 1733. Bust in uniform. Full 
face. Oval medallion, in a rectangle ; beneath the oval, a Tab- 
let in which is the Title. Line. Height, 7 12-16 inches; 
zvidth, 5 10-16 inches. Se trouve a Paris, chez Aug. De St. 
Aubin, Graveur du Roi, et de sa Bibliotheque, actuellement 
rue Therese Bute St Roch et a la Bibliotheque du Roi et chez 
Mr Cochin, aux Galleries du Louvre A. P. D. R. Rare. 

Baker, No. 31. 
Note. — A choice impression of a very rare print. Proof be- 
fore the engraver's name or address. 

14 George Washington Commander in Chief of ye Armees of ye 

United States of America. Bust in uniform, with black 
neckerchief. Head to left. Oval, with border in a rectangle, 
above a Tablet in which is the Title ; over the oval, a rattle- 
snake and Liberty cap, with the legend, "Don't Tread on me." 
At the sides, olive and laurel branches, Flags, &c. On the 
Flag to the right thirteen Stars. Line. Height, 63-16 inches; 
width, 4 7-16 inches. Engrav'd by W. Sharp from an original 
Picture, London Published according to act of Parliament, 
Feb'r. 22d, 1780. Rare in this state. Baker, No. 35. 

15 General Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to right. Oval, 

with border in rectangle, engraved to represent stone work. 
Beneath the oval, a Tablet and the Washington arms, with 
the motto, "Exitus Acta Probat." Line. Height, 6 inches; 
width, 3 10-16 inches. J. Trenchard, Sc. 

Baker, No. 37. 

Note. — From the Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia, Janu- 
ary, 1787. 

16 His Excel: G: Washington, Esq. Bust in uniform. Head to 

right. Oval, with narrow border, resting upon a Base in a 
rectangle. Title in the Base. A Laurel wreath and branches, 
at top of oval. Line. Height, 6 4-16 inches; rvidth 3 14-16 
inches. Baker, No. 38. 

Note. — iFrom the American Spelling Book. By Noah Web- 
ster, Jun., Esq. 12th Edition. Philadelphia, 1789. A copy 
of the Mezzotinto by Peale. Engraved by J. Trenchard. 
Of great rarity and probably the best copy extant. 

17 Genl Washington. Bust in uniform, with black neckerchief 

Head to right. Vignette. Stipple. Height, 4 6-16 inches; 
width, 3 10-16 inches. 

Published Nor, 1st 1784, by Whitworth & Yates Bradford 
Street. Baker, No. 42. 

Note. — Extremely rare, only one impression came under the 
notice of Mr. Baker. 

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18 George Washington Esqr General and Commander in Chief 

of the Continental Army in America. Full figure in uniform 
and cocked hat, on horseback, advancing to the right. A 
drawn sword in the right hand, is held across the body. A 
Battle in the right distance. Mezzotinto. Height, 128-16 
inches; width, 9 14-16 inches. Done from an Original, Drawn 
from the Life by Alexr Campbell, of Williamsburgh in Vir- 
ginia. Published as the Act directs, 9 Septr. 1775, by C. 
Shepherd. Baker, No. 46. 

Note. — Extremely rare. This is the print, an impression of 
which Joseph Reed presented to Mrs. Washington, and re- 
ferred to by Washington, in his letter to Reed, dated Cam- 
bridge, 31st of January, 1776. "Mrs. Washington desires I 
will thank you for the picture sent her. Mr. Campbell, who 
I never saw to my knowledge, has made a very formidable 
figure of the Commander-in-Chief, giving him a sufficient 
portion of terror in his countenance." 

19 George Washington Esqr General and Commander in Chief 

of the Continental Army in America. Full figure in uniform 
and cocked Hat, on horseback advancing to the right, a drawn 
sword in right hand. In the back ground, on the horizon, the 
upper portions of a large fortification extend across the print. 
Inclosed by a narrow square border. Line. Height, 7 inches; 
width, 5 10-16 inches. Nach dem Leben gezeichnet von Alex- 
ander Champbele von Williamsburg in Virginien. J. E. Nil- 
son fee. et excud J. S. Negges. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 47. 

20 George Washington Esqr Americanisher Generalissimus. 

Three quarter length, in uniform and cocked Hat, with a drawn 
sword in right hand. Oval, with border only partly showing 
at the sides. Etched. Height, 6 4-16 inches; zvidth, 3 10-16 
inches, Rare. Baker, No. 48. 

21 George Washington, Esquier General et Comendeur en Chef 

d'Armee des XIII Provinces unies en Amerique. Full Bust, 
in uniform and cocked Hat, head three quarters to right. Oval, 
in a rectangle. Mezzotinto. Height, 8 inches; zvidth, 6 2-16 
inches, peint par Alexander Campbell a Williamsbourg en 
Virginie. Se vend a Londres chez Thorn. Hart. Very rare. 

Baker, No. 50. 

22 George Washington Esqr Commandirender General en Chef 

der Provinzialarmee in Nordamerika. Full Bust, in uniform 
and cocked Hat, body to left, head three quarters to right. 
Oval, with border resting upon a Base. The Title on a Tablet, 
in the Base. Line. Height, 6 inches; width, 3 8-16 inches. T. 
C. G. Fritzsch sc. Extremely rare. Baker, No. 53. 

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23 Genl George Washington. Full bust, in uniform. Head to 

right. Oval, with square border upon a Base, in a rectangle 
engraved to represent stone work. A wreath tied by a ribbon, 
extends from the top of the border, down each side. Line. 
Height, 59-16 inches; width, 37-16 inches. 

Baker, No. 54. 

24 Genl George Washington. Full bust, in uniform. Head to 

left. Line. Height, 5 12-16 inches; width, 3 8-16 inches. 
Liebe Sc. (The reverse of the preceeding print) Rare. 

Baker, No. 55. 

25 George Washington Eqer General en Chef de l'Armee An- 

glo-Ameriquaine, nomme Dictateur par le Congres en Fevrier 
1777. Full Bust, in uniform and cocked Hat, a drawn sword 
partly visible on the left. Oval, with border in a rectangle, 
ornamented with war Emblemns &c. Line. Height, 6 4-16 
inches; width, 48-16 inches. A Paris chex Esnauts et Rapilly. 
rue St. Jacques a la Ville de Coutances. A. P. D. R. Rare. 

Baker, No. 58. 

26 G. Washington. Bust in uniform. Head in profile to left. 

Oval. Stipple. Height, 32-16 inches; width, 2 10-16 inches. 
A. W. Kuffner sc. 1793. Rare. Baker, No. 66. 

27 Genl Washington. Bust in uniform. Head in profile to left. 

Oval, with border upon a Base, in a rectangle. Line. Height, 
59-16 inches; width, 38-16 inches. Publish'd Jany 31, 1784, 
by John Walker from an original Painting. Rare. 

Baker, No. 70. 

28 George Washington, President of the United States of Amer- 

ica. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Oval, with narrow 
border. Stipple. Height, 2 14-16 inches; width, 2 3-16 inches. 
Engraved from an original Drawing taken in New York in 
1 791. J. Chapman sculpsit. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 75. 

29 The President of the United States. Bust in uniform, in pro- 

file to right. Oval. Etched. Height, 25-16 inches; width, 
1 13-16 inches. "Massachusetts Magazine." March No. 1791. 
Rare. Baker, No. 77. 

30 General Washington Late President of the American Con- 

gress. Three quarter length, in uniform. Head nearly profile, 
the body three quarters to left. The right hand rests upon a 
sword hilt, held from the body and perpendicular therewith, a 
chapeau in the left. In the distance to the left, a Battle. 
Mezzotinto. Height, 19 inches; width, 13 10-16 inches. 
Painted by R. Wright of Philadelphia. P. Dawe sculpt. Lon- 
don Published by D. Gaily No. 263 High Holborn Jany 8th 
1 801. Extremely rare. Baker, No. 80. 

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31 Gen. George Washington Commander in Chief of the Armies 

of the United States, Born Feb: nth, 1732, O. S. Died Decem- 
ber 14th 1799. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Over the 
head, an eagle with laurel wreath. Vignette. Stipple. 
Height, 34-16 inches; width, 1 5-16 inches. A. Doolittle sculp. 
Extremely rare. Baker, No. 81. 

32 G. Washington President of the United States. Bust in uni- 

form, in profile to left. Oval. Etched. Height, 44-16 inches; 
width, 3 12-16 inches. Title Page to "The Battle of Prague 
Favorite Sonate for the Piano Forte" Boston, Printed & sold 
by Graupner No. 6 Franklin St. Baker, No. 82. 

Note. — Of the greatest rarity. Probably unique in this condi- 
tion, as it contains the 8 pages of music. Mr. Baker had only 
seen one copy and that without the music. 

33 Full bust in uniform, three-quarters to right. Head in pro- 

file. Oval. Stipple. Height, 46-16 inches; zvidth, 36-16 
inches. Drawn by J. Wright. Engraved by W. Evans. 
(Heading to a Broadside Edition of The Farewell address. T. 
Bensley Printer, Bolt Court. Fleet Street, London.) Ex- 
tremely rare. Baker, No. 83. 

34 General Washington. Full bust in uniform, in profile to 

right. Oval. Line. Height, 310-16 inches; width, 214-16 
inches. T. Holloway sculp. "Literary Magazine." Published 
as the Act directs 1 Aug. 1792 by C. Forster, Poultry. Rare. 

Baker, No. 87. 

35 General Washington. Full bust in uniform, in profile to left. 

Oval. Height, 39-16 inches; width, 213-16 inches. Stipple. 
For the Universal Magazine. (Philadelphia Feby. 1797.) 

Baker, No. 89. 

36 Washington. Bust in uniform, in profile to right. Stipple. 

Height, 311-16 inches; width, 214-16 inches. H. Roosing, 
sculp. Rotterdam. A. Loosjes Pz. Excudt 1793. Very rare. 

Baker, No. 94. 

37 Washington. Profile head and bust, to left, in a rectangle. 

Engraved by a Roulette. Height, 2 12-16 inches; width, 2 1-16 
inches. Wm. Hamlin sc. M 91. From Howdan's Bust, 
Richmond Va. Baker, No. 102. 

38 G. Washington. Head in profile to left, the hair flowing and 

tied by a ribbon. Circular medallion, Title on the left. Line. 
Diameter, 3 inches. Dessin? et Grave d'Aprcs Houdon par 
Alexandre Tardieu. * * * * Deposse a la Bibliotheque Na- 
tionale le 9 Vendemaire an. 9. A Paris chez Alex. Tardieu 
Gr. de la Marine Rue de l'Universite No 296 au Depot Na- 
tional de Machines. Rare. Baker, No. 108. 



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39 Profile head and bust, to right. Vignette. Stipple. Height, 

6 inches; width, 3 8-16 inches. Engraved to imitate a crayon 
drawing. Very rare. Baker, No. 109. 

40 Head in profile to right. Circular medallion upon a Base, in- 

scribed "Born Feb. 22 A. D. 1732 — Died Dec. 14, 1799;" a 
figure of Liberty on the right, the U. S. shield on the left. The 
center of a circle ornamented with views at Mt. Vernon. Line. 
Diameter, 2 1-16 inches. Designed by H. Billings, Engraved 
by the American Bank Note Co. (Copy Right by H. Barnes. 
1859.) Baker, No. 110. 

Note. — Published at Boston in 1859, surrounded by a frame 
made from wood {Oak) grown at Mt. Vernon. 

41 G. Wasington. Bust in uniform. Head nearly in profile to 

right. Vignette. Line. Height, 3 4-16 inches; width, 3 inches. 
Engd by H. B. Hall N. Y. 1865. J. Peale Pinx, 1788. (Pri- 
vate Plate.) Baker, No. 111. 

42 George Washington. Ne'en Virginie le 11 Fevrier 1732. Pro- 

file Head to left, laureated. Circular medallion, in the upper 
part of a rectangle. The Title in a Tablet. Stipple. Height, 
5 12-16 inches; width, 4 inches. Grave d'apres le camee peint 
par Madame de Brehan a Newyork en 1789. Dirige par P. 
F. Tardieu. Grave par Roger. Rare. Baker, No. 113. 

43 George Washington, Esqr., President of the United States of 

America. Full Bust in uniform, the order of the Cincinnati on 
the left breast. Head three quarters to the right. Oval, in a 
rectangle. Stipple. Height, 5 4-16 inches; zvidth, 4 3-16 inches. 
Painted & Engraved by E. Savage. From the Original Picture 
Painted in 1790 for the Philosophical Chamber, at the Univer- 
sity of Cambridge, in Massachusetts. Publish'd Feby. 7, 1792, 
by E. Savage No. 29 Charles Street, Middx Hospital. 

Baker, No. 116. 

Note. — Very rare : extremely so with the full margin like this 
copy. 

44 George Washington Esqr President of the United States of 

America. Nearly full length sitting, legs crossed, at a Table 
to the right, upon which is a Hat with a large Rosette. Head 
three quarters to right. A large chart upon Table, is held by 
the right hand, the left arm rests upon it, the hand hanging 
over in front. The background is formed by a curtain, which 
is drawn at the right, reaveals the sky, and the lower portion 
of a pillar. Mezzotinto. Height, 18 inches; width, 14 inches. 

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E. Savage pinx. et sculp. From the original Portrait Painted 
at the request of the University of Cambridge in Massachu- 
setts. Published June 25, 1793, by E. Savage No. 54 Newman 
Street. Baker, No. 118. 

Note. — Very rare. A magnificent impression. 

45 George Washington President of the United States of Amer- 

ica. Nearly full length sitting, legs crossed, at a Table to the 
right. (Same description as preceding print.) Mezzotinto. 
Height, 18 inches; zvidth, 13 14-16 inches. From the original 
Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the Uni- 
versity of Cambridge, in Massachusetts. Baker, No. 119. 
Note. — Extremely rare and very fine impression. Only two 
copies known to Mr. Baker. 

46 The Washington Family. George Washington, his Lady and 

her two Grandchildren by the name of Custis. La Famille de 
Washington. George Washington Son Epouse et ses deux 
petits Enfants du nom de Custis. Full figure in military cos- 
tume, seated to the left of the print. His right arm, rests on 
the shoulder of the boy who is standing, while the left, is upon 
a chart extended on Table, to a part of which, Mrs. Washing- 
ton points with a fan. Stipple. Height, 186-16 inches; length, 
246-16 inches. Painted & Engrav'd by E. Savage. Publish'd 
March 10th, 1798, by E. Savage & Robt. Wilkinson No. 58 
Cornhill London. Rare. Baker, No. 120. 

47 Genl. George Washington. Bust in uniform. Head three- 

quarters to right. Oval. Stipple. Height, 3 14-16 inches; 
width, 3 3-16 inches. E. Savage Pinxt. Wm. Hamlin set. 
Provd. "Farnsworth Edition." Very Rare. 

Baker, No. 126. 

From Memory of Washington, Newport, R. I. 1800. 

48 Genl George Washington. Full bust in uniform. Head 

three-quarters to left. The order of the Cincinnati, on the right 
breast. Oval, in a rectangle. Height, 42-16 inches; width, 3 
inches. Stipple. W. Harrison Junr sculpt. Very rare. 

Baker, No. 128. 



49 George Washington, President of the United States of Amer- 
ica. Full Bust in uniform. Head three quarters to right. 
The order of the Cincinnati, on the left breast. Oval, in a rec- 
tangle. Stipple. Height, 4 inches; width, 3 inches. Engraved 
by S. Hill. Rare. Baker, No. 129. 



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50 George Washington Esqr. Full bust in uniform. Head to 

the right. The order of the Cincinnati, on the left breast. 
Oval. Stipple. Height, 414-16 inches; width, 42-16 inches. 
Houston sc. Philada Published for Thos Condie Bookseller. 
Rare. Baker, No. 130. 

Note. — Copy of the Stipple head by Savage. 

51 George Washington President of the United States. Bust 

in uniform, Head three-quarters to left. The order of the Cin- 
cinnati, on the right breast. Oval. Stipple. Height, 4 14-16 
inches; width, 3 12-16 inches. Savage Pinxt. Rollinson set. 
Rare. Baker, No. 132. 

52 George Washington Esqr President of the United States of 

America. Full Bust in uniform, Head three quarters to right. 
The order of the Cincinnati, on the left breast. Oval. Stipple. 
Height, 5 inches; width, 3 13-16 inches. From the original 
Picture painted by Savage in 1790 for the Philosophical Cham- 
ber of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts. London 
Pubd for the Proprietor Aug. 10th, 1793, by E. Jeffery No. 11 
Pall Mall. Rare. Baker, No. 138. 

53 Same in colors. 

Note. — This is of the greatest rarity. 

54 George Washington President of the United States of Amer- 

ica. Bust in uniform, body slightly to left, head drawn in 
rather an awkward manner, three quarters to right. Oval. 
Stipple. Height, 4 inches; width, 34-16 inches. From an or- 
iginal miniature in the possession of Benjamin Smith of Phila- 
delphia. London Published by D. Rymer, Book & Print Seller 
10 Broad Court, Long Acre. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 137. 

55 Washington. Full bust in uniform, a cloak around the left 

shoulder. Head to left. Line. Height, 86-16 inches; zvidth, 
66-16 inches. Dessine par Couder. Grave par A. Blanchard. 
"Dedie a S. E. le General Jackson President des Etats-Uiis 
dAmerique, Par Son tres respectueux admirateur la Typo- 
graphe N. Bettoni." Baker, No. 139. 

Note. — A choice open letter proof, before inscription. 

56 General Washington. Full length in uniform. Head to the 

left, a field glass in the extended right hand, the left on sword 
hilt at his side. In the rear, a soldier witn a horse, and in the 
extreme background, the representation of a battle, (Trenton). 
At his feet, a dismounted cannon. Stipple. Height, 25 6-16 

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inches; width, ij 7-16 inches. Painted by John Trumbull, Esqr. 
Engraved by T. Cheesman. London. Published by A. C. De 
Poggi No. 91 New Bond Street June 1796. 

Baker, No. 141. 
Note. — Choice proof before letters. 

57 General George Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to left. 

Circular medallion, heading to an imperial folio sheet, contain- 
ing "The Declaration of Independence," surrounded by fifteen 
other medallions, two of which contain Portraits of John 
Adams and Thorns Jefferson, and the others, the coats of arms 
of the thirteen original States. Stipple. Diameter, 3 5-16 
inches. Published by Phillips & Ensign 7J4 Bowery N. Y. 

Baker, No. 146. 

58 General Washington. Full length in uniform, standing upon 

a rocky eminence near a river. The right hand holding a hat, 
rests upon his sword hilt, while the left in which is a scroll, 
the arm across the body, is pointing to a fortification upon the 
opposite Bank. In the bend of the river, in the rear, shipping 
enveloped in smoke, and to the right, a negro servant, with a 
horse, browsing, his fore-parts only visible. In the lower mar- 
gin, an Indian holding a shield, bearing the Washington Arms. 
Mczzotinto. Height, 23 inches; width, 16 inches. Painted by 
J. Trumbull Esqr of Connecticut 1780. Engraved by V. Green 
Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine. 
Engrav'd from the original Picture in the Possession of M. De 
Neufville of Amsterdam. Published by Appointment of M. 
De Neufville Jany 1781 by V. Green No. 29 Newman Street, 
Oxford Street London. Very rare. Baker, No. 147. 

59 G. Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to left. Vignette, 

with a background ruled to a rectangle. Etched. Height, 
4 12-16 inches; width, 3 10-16 inches. Etched by Alice Hall 
aged 18, New York, 1866. Baker, No. 148. 

60 George Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to left. Vig- 

nette. Line. Height, 4 inches; width, 44-16 inches. Engd 
by H. B. Hall Morrisiania N. Y. from the original by Col. 
Trumbull. (Private Plate.) Baker, No. 149. 

61 G. Washington. Full length in uniform, standing upon an 

eminence near a river. Inclosed with a border, the Title in a 
Tablet in the lower part. Line. Height, 7 inches; 4 9-16 
inches. J. Trumbull Pinx. Ja le Roy Sculp. 

Baker, No. 151. 

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62 His Excellency George Washington Commander in Chief of 

the American Armies, Marshal of France &c. Full length in 
uniform standing, an open scroll in his right hand, inscribed 
"Freedom established by Valour and Perseverance." The left 
arm is across the body. Beneath his feet, flags and two scrolls, 
marked "Stamp Act," and "Boston Port Bill," and near by, two 
Books labelled "Acts of Par." and "Brit. Stat." In the air, a 
figure of Fame with trumpet, advancing to the left, in the act 
of crowning him with a laurel wreath. Line. Height, 68-16 
inches; width 4 7-16 inches. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 160. 

63 G. Washington, 1796. Bust. Head three-quarters to right. 

Oval. Stipple. Height, 214-16 inches; u<idth, 23-16 inches. 
F. Bolt f. 1796. Rare. Baker, No. 161. 

64 Geo. Washington, Bust. Head three-quarters to right. Oval, 

with border upon a pedestal, in a rectangle, a large open scroll 
in front. To the right a sword and scales, and to the left a 
Liberty cap, and oak branches. Line. Height, 7 inches; width, 
4 inches. Grainger sculpt. Published as the act directs July 
1, 1794 by H. D. Symonds Paternoster Row. 

Baker, No. 163. 

65 Washington. Half length. Masonic dress as a Past Master. 

head to right. Vignette. Mixed. Height, 5 inches; tvidth, 4 
inches. O'Neill N. Y. Engraved from the Portrait, painted 
from life by Williams, for Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 
22, Virginia, 1794. Artist's proof. 

Baker, No. 168. 

66 George Washington President of the United States. Full bust 

in uniform, with black neckerchief, Head to right. Oval, with 
narrow scroll border. On the point of a straight sword, which 
extends from the top of the oval, is a liberty cap, and across 
the middle the word, "Libertas," surrounded by a laurel wreath ; 
rays diverge from the wreath, losing themselves in clouds. 
Beneath the oval an eagle in clouds, with a long ribbon in his 
mouth the ends over his wings, inscribed "E Pluribus Unum." 
At each side, flags and palm branches reaching to the top. 
The whole, inclosed with two slight lines. Stipple. Height, 
11 13-16 inches; width, 93-16 inches. Painted by W. Robert- 
son. Jon. Jas. Barralet Invenit 1795. Engrav'd by R. Field. 
Published by Walter Robertson, Philadelphia & New York 
1st August 1795. Baker, No. 169. 



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67 Genl. Washington. Full bust in uniform. Head and bust 

three quarters to the left. Oval, with border in a rectangle; 
beneath the oval, a representation of a review, entitled "Genl 
Washington takes command of the American Army at Cam- 
bridge July 3 d 1775." Line. Height, 68-16 inches; width, 
3 14-16 inches. Tisdale sc. Engrav'd for C. Smith N. York' 
Ver y rare - Baker, No. 173. 

68 General George Washington. Full bust in uniform, with 

black neckerchief, Head to right. Oval, with narrow scroll 
border. Stipple. Height, 4 4-16 inches; width, 3 7-16 inches 
Ver y rare - Baker, No. 174. 



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G. Washington. Bust. Head to right. Vignette. Stipple. 

Height, 58-16 inches; width, 5 inches. A. Wertmuller S Pt 
Phila. 1795. H. B. Hall. From the original Picture in the 
possession of Chas. Aug. Davis, Esq. N. York, New York G 
P. Putnam & Co. Baker, No. 176. 

Note.— Hall's Own proof copy. 

70 Washington. Bust. Head to left. Vignette. Line. Height 

4 12-16 inches; width, 3 8-16 inches. From the original paint- 
ing by Sturat taken from life, in possession of the Boston 
Athenaenum. Engraved by Joseph Andrews. Choice Artisfs 
pro °f- Baker, No. 177. 

71 Bust. Head to right. Oval. Line. Height 3-16 inch- 

width, 2 16 inch. Baker, No. 181. ' 

Note.— This is the smallest engraved portrait of Washington. 
The name of the Engraver is not known. 

72 General Washington. Bust in uniform. Head to right 

Stipple. Height, 48-16 inches; width, 36-16 inches. J Chap- 
man sc. Published as the act directs Mar. 1 1800. 

Baker, No. 193. 
Note.— In colors and very rare. 

73 General Washington. Full length, standing. The "Lans- 

downe Portrait." Line. Fully described in No. 83. Height 
19 12-16 inches; width, 13 inches. Baker, No. 194. 

74 G. Washington, who departed this life Deer 14, 1799. Aged 

68. Bust, head to left. Circle, in a rectangle engraved to 
represent stone work. The title beneath the circle. Stipple. 
Height, 2 10-16 inches; width, 24-16 inches. T. C. Clarke sc 
Sold by W. Spotswood. Baker, No. 195. 



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75 George Washington. Bust. Head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height, 4 inches; width, 3 7-16 inches. A Doolittle sc. "Con- 
necticut Magazine." Extremely rare. Baker, No. 204. 

76 Bust. Head to left. Oval. 

Stipple. Height, 414-16 inches; width, 42-16 inches. D. Ed- 
win Fecit, Philadelphia Published Jany 1 1800 by A. Dickins. 

Baker, No. 209. 

77 Washington. Bust. Head to left. 

"Take him for all in all, We ne'er shall look upon his like 
again." Vignette. Stipple. Height, 23-16 inches; width, 
1 4-16 inches. Edwin sc. Rare. Baker, No. 215. 

78 Washington Sacred to Memory. Three-quarters length in 

uniform, seated, the order of the Cincinnati on the left breast. 
A sword lies in the right fore-arm and a chart in the hand, 
the left hand resting upon that portion of it which is upon the 
table. A curtain drawn up at the right, reveal"! an encamp- 
ment in the distance. In the lower margin, an Eagle displayed, 
with shield and motto, "E Pluribus Unum." With a border 
11-16 inches in width, the title in a tablet in the upper part. Be- 
neath the portrait and let into the border a funeral urn, sup- 
ported by two female figures and surrounded by war emblems. 
Upon the top of the urn, a sword and field glass crossed and 
on a medallion in the three line "OB. Dec. 14, 1799. MT 
68." Stipple. Height, 113-16 inches; zvidth, 810-16 inches. 
F. Bartoli pinxt D. Edwin sc. Revised by I. J. Barralet. 
Published by D. Kennedy 228 Market St. Philada. Rare. 

Baker, No. 217. 
Note. — Choice proof, before inscription. 

79 George Washington, Esqr. Half length, head to left. Back- 

ground formed by a curtain drawn up to left, revealing a Pil- 
lar. Mezzotinto. (Printed in colors.) Height, 12 inches; 
width, 10 inches. Painted by C. G. Stuart. Engraved by James 
Fisher. From the original Picture in the possession of J. 
Sebn De Franca Esqr of Devonshire Square London. London 
Publish'd by P. Fische April 10th 1801. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 225. 

80 George Washington. Full length, standing. The "Tea-Pot 

Portrait." Fully described in No. 84. Mezzotinto. Height, 
24 5-16 inches; width, 16 7-16 inches. G. Stuart pinxt. S. H. 
Gimber. Very rare. Baker, No. 230. 

81 George Washington. Full bust, head to left. Stipple. 

Height, 73-16 inches; width, 62-16 inches. Drawn by B. 
Trott. Engraved by C. Gobrecht. Baker, No. 235. 

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82 General Washington President of the United States, Born 

February 22nd 1732, died December 14, 1799. Full length, 
standing. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully described in No. 
83. Stipple. Height, 19 14-16 inches; zuidth, 13 inches. 
Painted by G. Stuart, 1797. Engraved by C. Goodman and R. 
Piggott. Published by W. H. Morgan No. 114 Chestnut Street 
Philada. Baker, No. 236. 

83 General Washington. Full length, standing, head to left. 

The right arm is extended as if speaking, and a dress sword 
in the left hand, is held by his side. To the left a table partly 
covered with a cloth, upon which an inkstand and books; be- 
neath the table, also some books. To the right, a little in the 
rear, an arm chair, and in the background two rows of pillars, 
between which, is a curtain partly drawn up. Line. Height, 
19 13-16 inches; width, 13 inches. Painted by Gabriel Stuart 
1797. Engraved by James Heath Historical Engraver to his 
Majesty, and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, from 
the original Picture in the collection of the Marquia of Lans- 
downe. Published Feby 1. 1800 by Jas. Heath No 42 Newman 
Street, Messrs. Boydells, Cheapside & J. P. Thomson Great 
Newport Street London. Copy Right secured in the United 
States according to Law. Baker, No. 250. 

Note. — This is known as the "Lansdowne Portrait." 

84 Washington. Full length, standing, the right hand resting 

by the fingers, upon a table to the left. In the left hand, a dress 
sword held at the side. The coat is drawn together by a single 
upper button. In the rear, to the right, an arm chair. Line. 
Height, 202-16 inches; width, 144-16 inches. Painted by G. 
Stuart. Engraver by J. H. Hills. Baker, No. 252. 

Note. — Known as the "Tea Pot Portrait," from the position of 
the arm. The figure is fuller and turned more to the left, 
than in the "Lansdowne," and is much better draivn. The 
accessories are the same. 

85 George Washington. Full bust. Head to Right. Line. 

Height, 92-16 inches; width, 44-16 inches. Engraved by T. 
Holloway from a picture painted by Mr. Stuart in 1795 in the 
possession of Samuel Vaughan Esqr. Published as the act di- 
rects by T. Holloway and the other proprietors Novr. 2, 1796. 

Baker, No. 258. 

86 Genl Washington. Half length, head to left. Mezzotinto. 

Height, 162-16 inches; width, 13 12-16 inches. J. Kennedy set. 
Engraved from the original Picture Painted by Gabriel Stew- 
art Esqr. Now in the possession of Paul Beck Esqr. "This 



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print is respectfully dedicated to the citizens of the United 
States by T. W. Freeman" Freeman Excudit. Philadelphia 
ist Sept. 1813. Rare. Baker, No. 269. 

87 Geo. Washington, Esqr, Late President of the United States 

of America. Full Bust, head to left. Stipple. Height, 
8 14-16 inches; width, 7 7-16 inches. C. G. Stuart pinxt. W. 
Nutter scuplt. From an original Picture in the Possession of 
J. Sebn De Franca Esqr of Devonshire Place to whom this 
Plate is Dedicated by his obliged humble Servt Robt. Cribb. 
London, Published Jany 15th 1798 by R. Cribb, Holborn. 

Baker, No. 294. 

Note. — Printed in colors. Of the greatest rarity. Superb copy 
with full deckle edges. 

88 George Washingon, Esqr., Late President of the United States 

of America. Full Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. Height, 
52-16 inches; width, 42-16 inches. C. G. Stuart pinxt. W. 
Nutter sculpt. London published by R. Cribb Jany 15, 1799. 
Very rare. Baker, No. 295. 

89 Washington. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." Fully 

described in No. 83. Line. Height, 202-16 inches; width, 13 
inches. Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Eng'd on steel by W. L. 
Ormsby N. Y. Published by W. L. Ormsby 116 Fulton Street 
N. Y. Baker, No. 297. 

90 Patriae Pater. Bust, head to left. Oval. On left of oval, 

"Born Feb. 22d, 1732." and on right, "Died Dec. 14th, 1799." 
Line. Height, 3 4-16 inches; width, 2 12-16 inches. Painted by 
G. C. Sturat. Eng. by J. W. Pardise. Very rare. 

Baker, No. 298. 

91 Washington. Bust, head to left. Inclosed by a square bor- 

der of lathe work, with a star in each corner. In the upper 
margin, an Eagle displayed, with U. S. shield and motto, "E 
Pluribus Unum." In lower margin a flag, (upon which is the 
title) rolled about a staff. Height, 2 13-16 inches; width, 2 4-16 
inches. Perkins & Heath, Patent Hardened Steel Plate. Very 
rare. Baker, No. 304. 

92 George Washington. Full bust, head to left. (Lansdowne). 

Oval. Stipple. Height, 46-16 inches; width, 310-16 inches. 
Stuart del. ad viv. L. Portman sc. A. Loosjes Pz. exc. 1805. 
Rare. Baker, No. 306. 

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93 G. Washington. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait." 

Fully described in No. 83. Mezzotinto. Height, 204-16 inches; 
width, 16 inches. Painted by G. Stuart. Engraved by H. s'. 
Sa dd. Baker, No. 319. 

94 Genl George Washington departed this life Deer. 14th 1799, 

aged 68. Bust, head to right. Oval, in a rectangle. The title 
&c in a tablet with arched top, beneath the oval. Stipple. 
Height, 44-16 inches; -width, 2416 inches. Scoles sc. Pub- 
lish'd by I. Low N. York. Rare. Baker, No. 327. 

95 Genl Washington. Born Feb. 22, 1732. Died Dec. 14, 1799. 

Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. Height, 210-16 inches; 
zvidih, 22-16 inches. Published by M. Carey. Rare. 

Baker, No. 328. 

96 George Washington. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height, 211-16 inches; width, 23-16 inches. Scoles sculp. 
Rar *- Baker, No. 329. 

97 George Washington. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height, 2 11-16 inches; width, 2 3-16 inches. 

Baker, No. 330. 

98 G. Washington. Head to left. Vignette, with a background 

ruled to a rectangle. Stipple. Height, 128-16 inches; width, 
9 12-16 inches. Engraved by H. Wright smith after the Por- 
trait by Stuart. Copyright by W. S. Baker. Published By 
Lindsay & Baker, Philadelphia 1879. Baker, No. 334. 

Note.— No. 27 of sixty impressions struck off. Mr. Baker had 

this plate for his own personal use. It is one of the finest of 

modern line engravings. 

99 George Washington. Half length. Head to left. (Lans- 

downe). Stipple. Height, 38-16 inches; width 3 inches. En 
graved by G. Stodart. Published by J. Mason 14 City Road 
& 66 Paternoster Row. Rare. Baker, No. 336. 

100 G. Washington. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height, 4 8-16 inches; width, 3 13-16 inches. B. Tanner sc 
Karc - Baker, No. 340. 

101 George Washington. Full bust, head to left. Oval. 

Stipple. Height, 8 13-16 inches; width, 6 13-16 inches. Painted 
by G. Stewart. Engraved by C. Tiebout. Published by C. 
Tiebout No. 28 Gold Street New York January 8th 1800. 

Baker, No. 343. 
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102 George Washington. Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. 

Height, 34-16 inches; width, 28-16 inches. G. Stewart Del. 
C. Tiebout sculp. Rare. Baker, No. 344. 

103 Gen. Geo. Washington. First President of the United States. 

Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. Height, 8-16 inches; 
width, 6-16 inches. R. Tiller sc. "Copyright secured." Very 
rare. Baker, No. 345. 

104 Washington. Head to left. Vignette, with background 

ruled to a rectangle. Stipple. Height, 22 14-16 inches; width, 
18 inches. Engraved by Thomas B. Welch (By Permis- 
sion), From the only original Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in the 
Athenaeum, Boston. Published by George W. Childs, Phila- 
delphia. (Copyright 1852). Baker, No. 351. 
Note. — This is the most important work of Welch, and is a 
very close rendering of the original. He was a fine draughts- 
man and painter, as well as engraver. A copy of this head 
in oil, by him, is well executed and good in color. 

105 Washington. Full length. The "Lansdowne Portrait" 

Stipple. Height, 8 inches; 5 12-16 inches. 

Baker, No. 359. 

I 
Note. — Only one impression of this came under the notice of 
Mr. Baker. It is very rude in execution, and the drawing 
bad in every respect. An early American print. 

106 Bust, head to right. Oval, resting upon books labelled, 

"Order, Law, Religion." To the left, a lion, with fore feet on 
a scroll entitled "Answer to Addresses." On the right, an 
eagle, head and neck only visible, upon another scroll marked 
"Last Legacy." At the top of the oval, a laurel wreath with 
diverging rays. To the right, in same plate (Ob. 4to.), an 
oval like size, upon some books, containing the portrait of 
Jefferson, facing. The books are labelled "Sophism, Tom 
Paine, Voltaire, &c." with a rattlesnake and crocodile in place 
of the lion and eagle. In the lower margin, the quotation from 
Shakespere, "Look on the Picture and on this, &c. &c." 
Etched. Height, 5 inches; width, 4 inches; New York, June, 
1857. Extremely rare. Baker, No. 360. 

Note. — A full sheet with both portraits. 

107 G. Washington Born Feb. 11th (0. S.) 1732, Died Deer 

14th 1799. Full Bust, head to left. Line. Height, 8 14 16 
inches; ividth. 7 7-16 inches. Rare. 

Baker, No. 362. 



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108 Geo Washington. Bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. 

Height, 2 10-16 inches; width, 2 inches. Deare's Edition. Ded- 
icated to the Washington Benevolent Societies in New Jersey. 
Publish'd & Sold by Lewis Deare, N. Brunswick, N. Jersey. 

Baker, No. 363. 

Note. — This portrait heads a sheet of music entitled "A Favor- 
ite New Federal Song Adapted to the President's March. 
Sung by Mr. Fox. Written by J. Hopkinson, Esqr." This 
is the first appearance of "Hail Columbia" set to music. 

109 General Washington, Late President of the United States 

of America. Half length, head to left. Oval, with border in a 
rectangle. Mezzotinto. Height, 12 inches; width, 9 12-16 
inches. London, Published March 21st 1801 by Haines & Son, 
No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane. Rare. 

Baker, No. 369. 

Note. — Only one impression of this has come under the notice 
of Mr. Baker. 

1 10 G. Washington. Bust, head to left. The background ruled 

perpendicular, and the corners rounded. Line. Height, 4 
inches; width, 3 inches. Gaspar Y. Roig Editores Madrid. 

Baker, No. 374. 

Note. — Only one copy of this has come under the notice of 
Mr. Baker. 

111 George Washington Esqr late President of the United 

States of America. Full lengih standing, right hand upon a 
scroll upon a table to the left, inscribed "Declaration of Inde- 
pendence." To the right, an arm chair, and in the background 
a curtain drawn up at the left, shows some pillars, and the 
open sky. Mezzotinto. Height, 18 inches; width, 13 inches. 
Engraved from the original Drawing by Savage. 

Baker, No. 375. 

Note. — Mr. Baker saw only one copy of this engraving. It 
has the Stuart head and the general characteristics of the 
figure and accessories resembles the "Tea Pot Portrait." 
This copy is in colors. 

112 Patriae Pater. Full bust, head three-quarters to right. 

Oval, with border surrounded by an oak wreath in a rectangle, 
the whole, imitating stone work. A cloak or mantle hangs over 
the front of the oval, with a colossal antique head as a Key- 
stone. Lithograph. Height, 196-16 inches; tvidth, 156-16 



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inches. Drawn on stone by Rembrandt Peale. Copyrigbt se- 
cured 1827. Pendleton's Lithography, Boston. Very rare. 

Baker, No. 379. 

Note. — Choice proof on India paper, only copy known in this 
state. Mr. Baker in describing this print says "that it was 
Peale's first Lithograph," but before his death he discovered 
that the portrait described under Lot 113 was really the first. 

113 Washington. Bust. Life-size. Head to right. Vignette. 

Lithograph. Height, 15 12-16 inches; width, 148-16 inches. 

From the Original Portrait Painted by R. Peale on stone by R. 

Peale. Lithographed by Pendleton, 9 Wall Street. 

Note. — This is a choice copy of the first lithograph engraved 
on stone by Rembrandt Peale, in Boston. The stone after a 
few impressions zvas inadvertently cleaned by a workman. 

114 Washington. Bust, head three-quarters to right. Litho- 

graph. Height, 23 inches; width, 19 inches. Drawn by Rem- 
brandt Peale from his original Portrait. Copyright secured 
1856. Duval & Co. Baker, No. 380. 

115 Similar to preceding number. This is one of the first im- 

pressions of this portrait and zvas touched in crayon by Peale 
himself. It is an entirely different print from the preceding 
one, copyrighted in 1856, as the comparison of the space be- 
tween buttons will prove. 

116 G. Washington. Full Bust, head three-quarters to right. 

Oval, with border surrounded by an oak wreath in a rec- 
tangle, the whole engraved to represent stone work. A cloak 
or mantle, hangs over the front of the oval, with a colossal 
antique head as a Key-stone. Beneath the oval, the words, 
"Patriae Pater." Mezzotinto. Height, 19 inches; width, 
15 2-16 inches. Rembrandt Peale pinxt. Adam B. Walter 
sculpt. Published by C. N. Robinson No. 248 Chestnut st., 
Philada. Baker, No. 384. 

Note. — This copy is colored by hand. 

117 George Washington, Late President of the United States of 

America. Full Bust, head three quarters to right, the left 
hand thrust in the breast. Oval, with border resembling a 
picture frame, leaning against some rocks in a landscape, and 
surrounded by flags and war emblems. In the background, the 
rays of a setting sun. Oblong quarto sheet. Stipple. 
Height, 4 inches; zvidth, 3 6-16 inches. Painted by W. Birch, 
Esq., of Carolina. Engraved by P. Roberts. "This plate is 
Humbly dedicated to the Friends of the above Gentleman by 
their most obedient Humble Servt. P. Roberts." London, 
Published as the act directs April 10, 1800, by P. Roberts at 
Mr. Hollands. Rare. Baker, No. 380. 



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118 Profile bust, in uniform to right. Oval, surrounded by lau- 

rel branches, with diverging rays. At the top, a pen and sword 
crossed, and beneath, on a ribbon "First in war, First in Peace 
and First in the hearts of his Countrymen." Stipple. Height, 
10-16 inch; width, 8-16 inch. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 396. 

119 Geo. Washington Esqr President of the United States. 

Bust in uniform, profile to left. Silhouette. Height, 2 8-16 
inches; width, 1 12-16 inches. From his profile taken in 1791. 
Published by J. Easton, Salisbury, 1796. 

Baker, No. 398. 

120 Bust in uniform, profile to right, surrounded by a border, 

Grecian pattern; at the top, a ribbon tied into a bow. Height, 
3 12-16 inches; width, 3 2-16 inches. Baker, No. 399. 

Note. — Only one impression of this print came under the notice 
of Mr. Baker. 

121 America Lamenting her loss at the tomb of Washington. 

Intended as a tribute of respect paid to departed merit & vir- 
tue in the remembrance of that illustrious Hero & most amiable 
man who Died Dec. 14, 1799. Profile Bust, in uniform, to 
right. Oval medallion, upon a Monument, surmounted by a 
funereal urn. Over the medallion a wreath, and beneath, "G. 
Washington." Upon the tablet, the following inscription : 

Born nth Feby. O. S. 1732. 

Com. Cont. Army, 1775. 

Pres. Fed. Convention, 1787. 

Declined Election, 1796. 

Com. Fed. Army, 1798. 
America represented by a female figure leaning upon the base 
of the Monument, to the right. On either side, cypress and 
willow trees, and in the immediate foreground, an eagle with 
bowed head. Line. Height, n 12-16 inches; width, 76-16 
inches. Design'd, Engraved & Published, by Aikin & Harri- 
son Junr, Philada Jany 20th 1800. Baker, No. 400. 

Note. — Only tzvo impressions of this have come under the 
notice of Mr. Baker. The proHle resembles the Sharpless 
Portrait. 

122 Full Figure, in uniform, standing upon a pedestal, head to 

right, a baton in the extended right hand, the left, resting light- 
ly upon the sword hilt at his side. The coat is buttoned, with 
the order of the Cincinnati on the left. On the left of the 
figure, a bundle of fasces against a trunk of a tree, upon a 
branch of which is a cocked hat. In the background, and to 
the right and left, representations of various battles. Upon 

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Peace and First in the Hearts of his Country." (Head after 
Stuart.) Stipple. Height, 234-16 inches; width, 18 13-16 
inches. Design'd, Engrav'd & Puhlish'd, by John Eckstein 
Philada. "To the Honorable the Society of the Cincinnati, 
fully inscribed by the artist." Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 401. 
this Monument of Genl George Washington, Is very respect- 

123 Apotheosis of Washington. Full figure seated on clouds, a 

cherub in the act of crowning him with a laurel wreath. Be- 
neath to the right, a view of the Mansion at Mount Vernon. 
Stipple. Height, 20 14-16 inches; width, 14 10-16 inches. 
Painted by R. Peale. Engrav'd by Edwin. Published by S. 
Kennedy, No. 129 Chestnut St. corner of 4th, Philadelphia. 
Very rare. Baker, No. 402. 

124 Pater Patriae. Bust in uniform, head three-quarters to 

right. Oval medallion, upon the shaft of a Monument pyra- 
midal in shape, surmounted by a funereal urn. The medallion 
is supported by Minerva, and Fame holds over it oy her 
left hand a laurel wreath which encircles the title; in her 
mouth a trumpet, from which hangs a banner inscribed Tren- 
ton, Princeton, Monmouth, Yorktown. In a tablet upon the 
base, to which the Genius of America is pointing with averted 
the pedestal engraved to imitate marble, "First in war, First in 
head, the inscription in seven lines, "Sacred to the memory of 
the truly Illustrious George Washington, Renowned in War, 
Great in Senate, and possessed of every qualification to render 
him worthy the Title of a Great and Good man." Upon the 
plinth, "Born Feb. 22, 1732, Ob. Dec. 14, 1799." In the right 
foreground, a soldier wearing a conical shaped hat, is express- 
ing his grief, his gun upon the ground. The Genii of War. 
Liberty and Truth with emblems, surround the shaft. (Head 
after Savage). Line. Height, 13 inches; ividth, 814-16 
inches. Painted by John Coles jun. Engd by E. G. Gridley. 
(Boston July 28, 1800.) Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 403. 

125 Gen. George Washington departed this life Deer. 14th 1799, 

AL. 67, and the tears of a nation watered his grave. Full Bust, 
in uniform, head to right. Oval, with border, the words 
"Sacred to the memory of the brave," in the lower half, eigh- 
teen stars. The oval rests on a base, upon which the lines, 
"Washington's no more, by silent grief's express'd, 
Lo ! here he lies, his works proclaim the rest." 
A medallion upon the base, contains the title &c, in eight 
lines. Stipple. Height, 412-16 inches; width, 43-16 inches. 
P. Maverick. N. Jersey. Baker, No. 404. 



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126 In Memory of Genl George Washington and his Lady. 
Busts of Washington and Mrs. Washington, facing each other, 
upon a large funereal urn on a pedestal, placed in a landscape 
beneath a weeping willow. Washington in uniform, head 
three quarters to right. In the background, a view of the Man- 
sion House and out buildings at Mt. Vernon. Three Figures, 
two or whom are females (one weeping), are advancing from 
the left. (The head resembles Savage.) Stipple. Height, 
ii 5-16 inches; width, 166-16 inches. S. Seymour Fecit, 
Philada Jan 1, 1804. Published by J. Savage according to Law. 

Baker, No. 405. 



127 Commemoration of Washington. Full figure, surrounded by 

clouds rising from a tomb, supported by Time and Immor- 
tality, the latter pointing upwards. To the left, figures of 
Faith, Hope and Charity. In the fore-ground to the right, an 
Indian with bowed head, and to the left, Liberty with war 
emblems at her feet. On a tomb, the inscription "Sacred to 
the Memory of Washington, Ob. 14 Dec. A. D. 1799 Mt. 68." 
I. J. Barralet Fecit. Stipple. Height, 24 inches; width, 
186-16 inches. Philadelphia, Published by Simon Chaudron 
and John J. Barralet Jany 1802. Baker, No. 406. 

128 Geo. Washington. Full figure in uniform, upon a pedestal, 

in the middle distance of the design. In the right hand, an 
open scroll inscribed "Friends and Fellow Citizens," the left, 
upon a sword at his side. Army and Navy emblems on each 
side of the pedestal, upon which is the title. In the immed- 
iate fore-ground in front of the statue, a large funereal urn 
upon a pedestal, on which in a tablet, "Sacred to Patriotism." 
In the back-ground, a view of Bowling Green, New York. 
Line. Height, 2313-16 inches; width, 232-16 inches. De- 
signed & drawn by Chas. Buxton M. D. Tiebout sculp. 

Baker, No. 407. 

Note.— Of the greatest rarity in complete state. The only 
copy known to Mr. Baker was cut down very much. 

128a Full bust, head to right. Oval, on the top of a funereal 

urn. In the front of a monument, on the base of which Is 
inscribed "Born Feby nth 1792 O. S. Died Decemr 14th 
1799." To the left of the monument, the figure of America, 
weeping, to the right of the figure Justice, with hand pointing 
to the angel of fame above. Back of each figure is a palm 
tree. On a large sheet entitled "Lived respected and Fear'd— 
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"Columbia lamenting the loss of her Son 
Who redeem'd her from Slavery & Liberty won 
While Fame directed by Justice to spread 
The sad tidings afar that Washington's dead." 

Line and Stipple. Height, 106-16 inches; width, 912-16 

inches. Philadelphia Published by Pember & Luzardes, 1800. 

Rudely colored by hand. Baker, No. 408. 

Note. — Only one impression had been seen by Mr. Baker. 
The head is after Stuart. 

129 Washington (crossing the Delaware.) Full figure, in uni- 

form and chapeau, on horseback, advancing to the right, an 
extended field glass in his right hand. In the rear to the right, 
the river and troops crossing and preparing to cross. With- 
out sky or inclosing lines. Etched. Height, 13 8-16 inches; 
width, 12 inches. Published by Humphrey Phelps, 336 Bow- 
ery & 157 Broadway, N. York, Augt 1st 1833. 

Baker, No. 410. 
Note. — Extremely rare and colored by hand. 

130 The Washington Tamil y. Full length, in uniform and 

chapeau, standing upon a portico at the head of a flight of 
steps, taking leave of Mrs. Washington preparatory to a ride. 
A riding whip in the left hand, the right extended towards 
Mrs. Washington, who stands about the centre of the print. 
A negro groom is waiting with a saddle horse, at the extreme 
right. Three young people, a boy and two girls, one of whom 
is seated, are at the left. To the right, the view of a distant 
landscape. Mezsotinto. Height, 17 12-16 inches; width, 
23 11-16 inches. Painted by J. Paul Junr Philadelphia. En- 
graved by E. Bell London. Published December 1st 1800, by 
Atkins and Nightingale No 143 Leadenhall Street London & 
No. 35 North Front Street, Philadelphia. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 411. 

131 G. Washington. Full length, in uniform, seated at a table 

upon which is a military cloak. Head to right. A sword rests 
against the chair, and a letter is held in the right hand. Line. 
Height, 21 8-16 inches; width, 16 7-16 inches. Painted by C. 
Shussele. Engraved by Edward S. Best. 

Baker, No. 413. 
Note. — Artist's proof. 

132 Washington receiving a Salute on the Field of Trenton. 

Full figure, in uniform on horseback, advancing to the right, 
a drawn sword in extended right hand. His hat resting in 
the fore-arm, is held by the left hand. Line. Height, 24 
inches; width, 17 10-16 inches. John Faed R. S. A. Wm. Holl. 
Published exclusively for Subscribers, by the "National Art 
Association." New York 1865. Baker, No. 416. 

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133 Washington. Full length, in uniform, standing, head to 

left, a field glass in the right hand. To the left a mounted 
cannon, and to the right partly in the rear, a horse led by a 
soldier. In the distance to the left, on the opposite bank of a 
river, fortifications. Line. Height, 25 4-16 inches; width, 21 
inches. Engraved by Laugier 1839. Painted by Cognet 1836. 
"The head from the original painting by G. Stuart in the 
Athenaeum, Boston." Baker, No. 417. 

134 His Excellency George Washington Esqr Captain General 

of all the American Forces. Full length, in uniform and 
cocked hat, a baton in the extended right hand, while the left 
rests upon the muzzle of a cannon. Head, nearly in profile to 
left. In the left distance, a commander's marquee and tents. 
Line. Height, 6 12-16 inches; width 4 inches. From the 
English edition of An Impartial History of the War in America 
between Great Britain and Her Colonies, etc. London & Car- 
lisle, 1789. Baker, No. 418. 

135 Same as preceding print. Line. Height, 6 Inches; width, 

3 14-16 inches. J. Norman sc. A copy from the exceedingly 
rare Boston Edition of book mentioned in No. 134. 6051011 
1 78 1 -82. Baker, No. 419. 

136 Washington as a Mason. Full length standing, in Ma- 

sonic Regalia, the right hand on an upright book (upon a 
table), labelled "Ancient Masonic Constitutions," the left, holds 
a gavel upon a pedestal. Oval. Mezzo tint 0. Height, 83-16 
inches; width, 63-16 inches. Eng'd by Geo. E. Perrine.' From 
a Photograph. Published by Moore & Co. 11 Nassau St. New 
York - Baker, No. 420. 

137 Georg. Washington. Full figure, in uniform and chapeau, 

on horseback advancing to the left, a drawn sword in extended 
right hand. A palm tree in the background to the left, and 
some negroes and low buildings to the right. The landscape 
southern in character. Line. Height, 5 14-16 inches; width, 
4 inches. H. Pinchas sc. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 421. 

188 General Washington. Bust, head nearly in profile to right. 

Line. Height, 38-16 inches; width, 28-16 inches. R. Scott 
sc - Rare - Baker, No. 423. 

139 Washington as a Mason. Full length, standing. Fully 
described in No. 136. Mezzotinto. Height, 82-16 inches; 
width, 63-16 inches. Eng'd by A. B. Walter. Published by 
John Dainty 15 S. 6th St. Philadelphia. Baker, No. 425. 



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139a The true Portraiture of his Excellency George Washington 
Esqr in the Roman Dress, as ordered by Congress for the 
Monument to be erected in Philadelphia, to perpetuate to Pos- 
terity the Man who commanded the American Forces through 
the late glorious Revolution. Full length, in armor, holding a 
halberd, head to left. In the lower left helmet with plumes 
and gauntlet. In the lower right a battle scene. Stipple. 
Height, 94-16 inches; width, 75-16 inches. The only known 
copy. Baker, No. 426. 

140 George Washington President of the United States of Amer- 

ica. Full figure in civil dress, head to left, a medallion on his 
breast, suspended by a ribbon around his neck. In the right 
hand a cocked hat, the left by his side holds a dress sword in 
an awkward manner. Inclosed by a narrow border, in which 
at the top is a roll crossed by a pen, inscribed "Revolution." 
No background. Line. Height, 6 inches; zvidth, 44-16 inches. 
Published by H. D. Symonds, June 18, 1795. Extremely rare. 

Baker, No. 427. 

141 George Washington, Father and Protector of America. Full 

length standing, the left hand on hip, the right arm extended. 
In the back ground a curtain, and to the left two pillars upon 
a large base. Meszotinto. Height, 128-16 inches; width, 
9 12-16 inches. Baker, No. 434. 

Note. — Only one impression of this has been seen by Mr. 
Baker. Colored by hand. 

142 George Washington. Profile head to right, laureated. Cir- 

cular medallion, suspended by a ring and ribbon. The title in 
the upper part of the border. Stipple. Diameter, 36-16 
inches. Grave d'apres le Camee, peint par Mme la Marquis 
de Breant, par A. F. Sergent, 1790. Very rare. 

Baker, Page 205. 

The following portraits are not in Mr. Baker's catalogue : 

143 General Washington. Full length, standing, "Lansdowne 

Portrait." Meszotinto. Height, 23 inches; width, 168-16 
inches. Published July 1st 1901, by Atkins & Nightingale, No. 
100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Excessively rare. 

144 Same as preceding. Printed in colors. 

Mezzotinto. Height, 2210-16 inches; width, 168-16 inches. 
Published July 1st 1801, by Atkins & Nightingale, No. 100 
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 

Note. — This is an impression in colors from the same plate as 
the preceding number; the plate having been cut off slightly at 
the top, probably unique. 

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145 George Washington. Full length standing, "Lansdowne 

Portrait." Mezzotinto. Height, 266-16 inches; zvidth, 201-16 
inches. E. Savage Executd. Very rare. 

146 Full length, standing. Masonic Begalia, leading two little 

children. Face to the left, on a large plate representing the 
distinguishing characteristics of Masonry, Charity bestowed on 
proper objects. "To The Grand Lodges of the United States." 
On the same plate are Portraits of DeWitt Clinton, Franklin, 
Gen. Warren etc. Stipple. Height, 15 8-16 inches; width, 
21 1 -16 inches. Stothard delt. Kearny Scult. 

147 Full length, standing, in military uniform, in front held by 

an orderly, Face to left. On the left two female figures repre- 
senting Peace and Plenty. In the distance, a field of wheat and 
sheaves. To the right a tent, front of which is a soldier hold- 
ing a flag, upon which is inscribed "Washington America's 
Friend." In the distance shipping, and the lower right hand, 
cannon and flags. In the center over all, an eye with refulgent 
rays, and the angel of Fame with a wreath in one hand and a 
scroll in the other, upon which is inscribed "Their breasts with 
grateful ardour burn And social joys with social rites re- 
turn." etc. Aquatint. Height, 89-16 inches; width, 16 12-16 
inches. Very rare. 

148 GFOBGE WASHINGTON President of the United States of 

America. The protector of his Country and Supporter of the 
rights of Mankind. Bust, in uniform, profile to left. Under 
the Bust a scroll upon which is inscribed "Born nth Feb. 1732." 
Circular, with a border upon which is the inscription. Whole 
surrounded with by fourteen rings interlinked, in which is 
engraved the thirteen coats of arms of the States and the 
United States. In the four corners are the following in scrolls, 
"The United States were first declared Free and Independent 
July 4th 1776." "The Present Constitution was formed by the 
Grand Convention held at Philadelphia Sept 17th 1787." "The 
number of Inhabitants in the several States are according to 
the returns made to the Secretary of State in the year 1791." 
"The number of Senators and Representatives is what the 
Constitution alloweth each State at Congress." In the lower 
left margin, "S. W. Territory 30,000 Inhabitants. N. W. Ter- 
ritory 5,000 Inhabitants." In the lower right margin, "Ver- 
mont 85,000 Inhabitants. 2 Senat. 2 Repre." etc. Stipple. 
Height, 206-16 inches; width, 16 10-16 inches. A Display of 
the United States of America To the Patrons of Arts and 
Sciences, in all parts of the World this Plate is Most respect- 
fully Dedicated, by their most obedient humble Servant Amos 
Doolittle New Haven Octr 1st 1791. Printed & Sold by A. 



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Doolittle New Haven where Engraving & Rolling Press Print- 
ing is performed. Been rudely colored by hand. The only 
known copy, in this state. 

149 Same as preceding, but the plate appears to have been ma- 

terially altered, the portrait being different and the Inscription 
bearing date March ist 1796. This also has been rudely col- 
ored by hand. 

150 Half length, in uniform, head to left. Right hand resting 

on a sword hilt. In the distance, fort, flags, etc. Mezzotinto. 
Height, 17 11-16 inches; zvidth, 14 15-16 inches. Engraved by 
Josey after Peale. London, 1899. Artist's proof. 

151 GENERAL WASHINGTON. Half length in uniform. Head 

to left. Mezzotinto. Height, 1211-16 inches; zvidth, 10 inches. 
Painted by J. Trumbull, Esqr of Connecticut. Engraved by 
V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elec- 
tor Palatine. Publish'd June 3rd 1783 by V. Green No 29, 
Newman Street, Oxford Street & Sold by J. Brydon, Printsel- 
ler, No. 7, Charing Cross London. 
Note. — From the celebrated J. Chalmcr Smith collection. 

158 His Excell: G: WASHINGTON Esqr Late Commander in 
Chief of the ARMIES of the UNITED STATES of AMER- 
ICA. Full Bust, in uniform, head to left. Oval, in a rec- 
tangle, surrounded with a border in which is the inscription. 
Mezzotinto. Height, 76-16 inches; zvidth, 511-16 inches. 
Painted and engraved by C. W. Peale 1787. Very rare. 

153 G. Washington. Late President of the United States of 

America. Half length, face slightly to the right, in the right 
a scroll upon which is inscribed "American Independence." 
Oval, in a rectangle. Mezzotinto. Height, 17 2-16 inches; 
zvidth, 14 12-16 inches. Painted by G. Hodson at New York 
Engraved by P. Dawe. Publish'd April, 1801, by S. Clement 
Somers Town, & Sold at No 44 Wells Street. Oxford Street. 
Very rare. 

154 General Washington Full length in uniform, standing in 

front of a tent, the right hand thrust into the waistcoat, the 
left hand holding a scroll upon which is inscribed "Declaration 
of Independence," "Treaty of Alliance between His Most Chris- 
tian Majesty and the United States of America." In the front 
of the tent, a table with a cover, upon which are lying various 
papers entitled "New Windsor. Daily Correspondence with 
Congress," etc. To the left of the tent is a horse, held by a 
negro servant. On the ground are various papers entitled 
"Conciliatory Bills. A Proclamation," etc. Line and stipple. 
Height, 12 12-16 inches; width, 9 14-16 inches. Colored by 



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hand. This is a copy by an early American engraver from 
the print by Le Mire described under No. 10. Probably unique. 

156 His Excell'cy George Washington, Esqr Commander in 
Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. Full 
Bust, in uniform, head slightly to the right. Fully described 
in No. 12a. Line. Height, n 8-16 inches, zvidtn, 9 1-16 inches. 
This is a copy of portrait No. 12a only engraved in revcrsi. 
Probably unique. 

158 G. WASHINGTON ESQR. Full bust, head to right. Oval, 

with a border, upon which is the inscription. Stipple. Height, 
414-16 inches; width, 41-16 inches. The inscription in this 
plate is printed in reverse, as the portrait zuas engraved for 
transferring on a pitcher. 

159 George Washington. General en Chef der vereingten Ameri- 

canischen Colonien. Full Bust, in uniform with a cocked hat, 
head to right. Oval, in a rectangle representing stone work. 
Underneath a base upon which is the inscription. Stipple. 
Height, 814-16 inches; -width, 62-16 inches. J. G. Schmidt, 
sculpsit. Berlin. Printed in red. Only known copy. 

160 GIORGIO WASHINGTON. Full bust, in uniform, head to 

right. Circular. Stipple. Diameter, 3 inches. Minatellis. 
Publicato in Venezia a spesc di Caterin Minatelli e Comp. 
Very rare. 

161 HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WASHINGTON. Full bust, 

in uniform, head to left. Oval in a rectangle, on a base. Line 
and stipple. Height, 4 12-16 inches; zvidth, 3 1-16 inches. On 
the same sheet is a portrait of Lady WASHINGTON. Both 
have been rudely colored by hand. Excessively rare. 

162 Bust, head to left. Oval. Stipple. Height, 11-16 inches; 

width, 9-16 inch. On a map entitled North America including 
the United States and their Boundaries agreeable to the peace 
of 1783. Woodman and Mitlow, sculp. Published, June 1st 
i?^, by J. Fielding No. 23. Paternoster-Row. There is a com- 
panion portrait on the plate of Benjamin Franklin. From "A 
Polite Traveller." Very rare. 

163 His Excellency Genl Washington. Full bust, in uniform, 

head to left. Oval, in scroll work, surrounded by a square 
frame. On either side of the portrait are two oval medallions, 
one bearing a shield and a coiled snake, the other bearing a 
shield with representations of shipping and agriculture. Un- 
derneath the portrait are two angels blowing trumpets, and im- 
plements of war, a coiled snake extending along the lower 

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margin. Line and stipple. Height, 2 10-16 inches; width, 
5 1-16 inches. This presumably engraved by Paul Revere. 
The only known copy. 

164 GENERAL WASHINGTON, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE 

UNITED STATES. Full bust in uniform, profile to left. 
Oval in rectangle. Mezzotinto. Height, 6 7-16 inches; width, 
5 inches. Published Feb'y 6, 1801, by John Fairburn, 146 Mi- 
nores, London. Colored by hand. Of great rarity. There is 
a companion print of Napoleon by the same engraver. 

165 George Washington Esquier General et Comandeur en Chef 

d'Armee des XIII Provinces unies en Amerique. Half length 
in uniform, right hand thrust into waistcoat, head slightly to 
left. Oval in a rectangle. Mezzotinto. Height, 8 inches; 
width, 64-16 inches. Peint par Alexander Campbell a Willi- 
amsbourg en Virginie. Se vend e Londres Chez Thorn. Hart. 
The only copy known. Different from the similar print de- 
scribed by Mr. Baker, under No. 50. 

166 GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esqr General and Commander in 

Chief of the Continental Army in America. In uniform with 
cocked hat, on horseback, drawn sword in right hand, the blade 
of which is resting on fingers of the left hand. In the distance 
is a battlefield. Line. Height, 7 inches; width, 5 8-16 inches. 
Nach dem Leben gezeichnet von Alexander Champbell von 
Williamsburg in Virginien. Gestochen, 1778. Joh. Martin 
Will, exe. A. V. Very rare. 

167 Giorgio Washington. Full bust, profile to right. Circular. 

Stipple. Diameter, 28-16 inches. Very rare. 

168 GEORGE WASHINGTON EQER, General en Chef de l'Ar- 

Anglo-Ameriquaine, nomme Dictateur par Ies Congres en Fev- 
rier 1777. Full btjst in uniform with cocked hat, with a drawn 
sword partly visible on the left. Oval in a rectangle, with the 
title in a tablet. Line. Height, 64-16 inches; width, 45-16 
inches. Very rare. Similar to Baker No. 58, but lacking the 
decoration of war implements. 

169 First in War, First in Peace and first in the Hearts of his 

Countrymen. Full bust in uniform profile to right. Oval, 
with refulgent rays. Crossed swords and pen on top, laurel 
branches underneath. The title in a scroll. The whole sur- 
rounded with a wreath of oak, etc. Topped with a flying eagle 
supporting a shield, holding ribbons in its beak, upon which is 
inscribed, "July 181 1 Pro Patria." Underneath bee-hive, 
money, war implements, shipping, etc. Stipple. Height, 52-16 
inches; zvidth, 5 7-16 inches. G. Fairman, del. St. Kneass, 
sculp. Very rare. A certificate of the Washington Association 
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170 GENERAL WASHINGTON'S RESIGNATION. Full length, 

on the steps to a monument, upon which is seated the figure of 
Fame, head to left. In the lower left hand corner an eagle with 
outspread wings, supporting a shield, etc. Line. Height, 6 
inches; width, 3 10-16 inches. Barralet Invt. & Direxit. Law- 
son sculp. 

171 GENL WASHINGTON. Full bust, in uniform, head to 

right with black neckerchief. Oval with border. Stipple. 
Height, 35-16 inches; width, 210-16 inches. Very rare. 

172 G. Washington. Full bust, head to left. Stipple. Height, 

4 11-16 inches; width, 3 3-16 inches. After style of Edzvin. 

173 Sacred to the MEMORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 

BORN FEB. 22, 1732. DIED DEC. 13, 1799. The American 
Hero and Statesman. Bust, head to left. Oval. Height, 10-16 
inch; width, 13-16 inch. Designed and engraved by Joseph 
Perkins. Published by Rand and Perkins. Portrait Eng'd 
by J. B. Longacre, No. 34 South Sixth St., Philadelphia. 

174 Full bust, head to left. Aquatint. Height, 6 15-16 inches; 

width, 5 inches. G. Gallina, s. Very rare. Proof before in- 
scription. 

175 WASHINGTON. Profile to left. Circular. Diameter, 14-16 

inch. On an engraving of a perpetual calendar, background 
being the first United States flag in colors. Published during 
the War of the Revolution. Very rare. 

176 G. WASHINGTON ER GENERAL OF THE CONTIN'T 

ARMY OF AMERICA. Profile to right. Circular medallion 
in a rectangle, supported on a tablet upon which is the inscrip- 
tion, "Washington reunit par un rare assemblade Les talen du 
Gueriet et les vertus du Sage. Voltaire." Around the medal- 
lion are flags and laurel branches. Stipple. Height, 10-16 
inches; width, 3 9-16 inches. Dessime et grave Testard d'aprcs 
la Medaille frappee a Londres par le parti des Opposants A 
Paris ches Testard rue des Cordeliers audessus de l'Egout. 
Very rare. 

177 GEORGE WASHINGTON. The Saviour of his Country. 

Full bust, head to right. Oval. Stipple. Height, 43-16 inches; 
zvidth, 3 10-16 inches. Published by Shelton & Kensett. A. 
Doolittle, St. Excessively rare. 

178 G. WASHINGTON. Profile to left. Circular medallion. 

Stipple. Diameter, 2 5-16 inches. Nach Tardieu von Senn. 
Very rare. 



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179 Full length, standing. The "Lansdowne Portrait," on an 

ornamented base. Line. Height, 414-16 inches; width, 42-16 
inches. Drawn & Engrav'd by R. Tiller, Jr. The store card of 
Joseph Cake, no North Second Street, Philadelphia. Rare. 

180 Ritratto di Washington. Full bust, head to left. Vignette. 

On sheet with portrait of Franklin. Stipple in colors. Height, 
44-16 inches; width, 3 10-16 inches. Very rare. 

181 GEORGE WASHINGTON. Full bust, profile to left. Oval 

in a rectangle. Mezzotinto in colors. Height, 97-16 inches; 
width, 7 3-16 inches. Sharpless, Fecit. S. Arlent Edwards, 
sculpsit. Published 1899. By J. Percy Sabin, 80 Nassau St., 
New York. Artisfs proof signed. 



MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 

182 GEOE WASHINGTON Born Feb. 11, 1732, Died Deer. 13, 

1799. Full bust, profile to left. Oval on the side of monument, 
near which is standing the figure of an Indian woman, holding 
a flag, representing America. To the left a female figure repre- 
senting Europe. At the feet of the figure representing America 
is a negro reading a book. On either side back of figures are 
trees and in the distance the ocean with ships under full sail. 
On a large plate inscribed, "Europe. America." Mezzotinto. 
Height, 94-16 inches; width, 13 10-16 inches. London Pub'd 
Oct'r 6, 1804, by P. Gaily. No. 7. Beauchamp Str't Brook's 
Mark't. Very rare. 

183 Gl Washington. Full bust, in uniform, head to left. Oval 

medallion, on a column, on which are portraits of Columbus 
Americanus, Sr. W. Raleigh, Dr. Franklin, J. Adams, Lafayette. 
Aside of the column a full length figure of America, holding 
a flag, and pointing to Washington. Two little Indian boys, to 
the left. Oval in a rectangle. Mezzotinto, colored by hand. 
Height, 12 14-16 inches; width, 9 12-16 inches. On a large 
plate entitled, "An Emblem of America." Published 4th, 
Sept'r, 1798, by John Fairburn, No. 146 Minories, London. 
Very rare. 

184 Full length, seated in a chair, receiving a scroll from the 

Goddess of Wisdom supported by the Goddess of Liberty. 
Mezzotinto. Height, 12 14-16 inches; width, 9 15-16 inches. 
On a large sheet entitled "WISDOM supported by LIBERTY 
presenting Genl. Washington, a Code of Laws for Establishing 



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American Independence." Published Nov. 5, 1801, by I. Hin- 
ton, 44 Wells Str. Oxford Str. & P. Stampa, 74, Leather Lane, 
Holborn. Very rare. 

185 G. WASHINGTON in his last Illness, attended by Doers. 

Craik and Brown. 

"Americans behold and shed a grateful tear 
For a man who has gained yo'r freedom most dear 
And now is departing into the realms above 
Where he may ever rest in lasting peace & love." 

Representing Washington in bed, with the two doctors standing 
at bedside, one feeling his pulse, Mrs. Washington sitting weep- 
ing at a table, on which are bottles of medicine, etc. Stipple, 
colored by hand. Height, 913-16 inches; width, 96-16 inches. 
In the style of Doolittle. 

186 G. Washington. There is rest in Heaven. Full bust, head 

to left. Oval medallion, on a monument, over which is a weep- 
ing willow, to the left a figure of Hope, pointing upwards. In 
the center, male and female figures weeping. The whole in a 
circular medallion, in a rectangle representing stone work, 
underneath of which is the inscription, "Sacred to the Memory 
of the Illustrious G. Washington." Stipple. Height, 8 14-16 
inches; zvidth, 7 14-16 inches. T. Clark, Sculp. 1801, Boston. 
Rare. 

187 G.WASHINGTON. Full bust, in uniform, profile to left. On 

a title page of a sheet of music entitled, "The Battle of Tren- 
ton." The title is an Oval, to the left of which is a figure of 
Liberty, over the top of the oval, the bust of Washington. 
Above is the figure of Fame, crowning him with a laurel 
wreath, to the right of bust are flowing flags. In the lower right 
hand corner, are a drum and war implements. Stipple. Height, 
11 8-16 inches; width, 8 inches. New York, Printed and sold 
by James Hewitt at his Musical Repository, No 131 William 
Street B. Carr Philadelphia & J. Carr Baltimore. Price 10s. 
Note. — This is in a bound volume of music which belonged to 
Miss Eleanor Parke Cus/is, who was Washington's adopted 
daughter. The engraving above mentioned zvas probably done by 
Wright, and is the only complete copy knozvn. The contents of 
the books are in the handwriting of Lazvrence Lezvis Washing- 
ton, Washington's favorite nephezv, zvho zvas the husband of 
Nelly Custis. It came from the sale made in Philadelphia by 
Mr. Hcnkels, in December, 1890, and was made for the final set- 
tlement of the Estate of Gen. Washington. 

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188 Original portrait, in oil, of Washington, full bust, by Gil- 

bert Stuart. 

Note. — The art expert, Mr. Charles Henry Hart, zvrites as 
follows of this great painting: "I have studied with care 
this portrait of Washington and it is without doubt 
painted by Gilbert Stuart, America's master painter, and a 
replica of the head knozvn as the Athenceum picture, nozv in 
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Stuart painted a num- 
ber of these replicas and the one you have is one of the best 
that I have ever seen. I consider it in every respect a fine 
picture and an interesting one." 

Loaned by Mr. Charles W. Henry. 

189 Original portrait, in oil, of Washington in uniform, by Rem- 

brandt Peale. 

Note. — This is a faithful and beautiful copy by Rembrandt 
Peale of the one he painted from life. 

Loaned by Brother Joseph Wright. 

190 Original portrait, in oil, of Washington, full length figure, 

by David Rent Etter, 1835. After the "Lansdowne Portrait." 

Note. — This is the original picture, a copy of which Mr. Etter 

painted and presented to the District of Southzvark. After 

the consolidation it became the property of the City and is 

nozv hanging in the Independence Hall. 

Loaned by Bro. Charles Paulus. 

191 Portrait, in oil, of Washington, full length figure in Ma- 

sonic dress, by C. Leutze, 1865. 

Loaned by Grand Lodge of Penna. 

192 Original manuscript Minute Book of Solomon's Lodge of 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from 1771 to 1784. 

Note. — Washington zvas a visitor to this Lodge and his name 
occurs in the minutes. One item of the minutes is worthy of 
note, viz. : "May 16, 1784, * * * Ordered that the Name of 
Benedict Arnold be considered as obliterated from the Min- 
utes of this Lodge — a Traitor," and on a previous page 
we find his name heavily crossed out. 

Loaned by M. W. Bro. Edward M. L. Ehlers. 

193 Bond of Washington as guardian of the children of Daniel 

Parke Custis, the first husband of Martha Washington, dated 
May 23rd. 1770. 

Note. — This is signed on the back by George Washington as 
guardian. 
Loaned by Hudson River Lodge, No. 607 of Newburgh, N. Y. 

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194 Last promissory note given by Washington to William Her- 

bert, dated Alexandria, 21st. Octr. 1799, and two autograph 
letters from William Herbert to Tobias Lear and Lawrence 
Lewis in reference to same. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

195 Letter, signed by George Washington, to Gov. Clinton of 

New York, dated Rocky hill 2nd. Novr. 1783. 

Note. — This letter announces the signing of the Treaty of 
Peace with England and the evacuation of Nezv York by 
the British. Loaned by Mr. George C. Thomas. 

196 Bound volume containing autograph letters and letters 

signed by George Washington, his Aides, various members of 
his family and his physician. 

Note. — This also contains an autograph survey made by 
Washington when eighteen years old. 

Loaned by Mr. George C. Thomas. 

197 A collection of nearly two hundred different engraved por- 

traits of Washington bound in two volumes. 

Note. — As frontispieces to volumes are an autograph letter 

signed by Washington, dated "Mount Vernon 14th. June. 

1798." and an autograph surrey made when he was 20 years 

old, dated "25th. March, 1752." 

Loaned by Mr. George C. Thomas. 

198 Autograph letter signed by George Washington. Dated 

"Mount Vernon, 29th. June, '86." 

Note. — A very humorous letter in reference to "Royal Gift," 
which was presented to him by the King of Spain. 

Loaned by Mr. George C. Thomas. 

199 Bank cheque drawn on the Bank of Alexandria and signed 

by Washington. Loaned by Mr. George C. Thomas. 

200 Military letter to Major-General Greene signed by Wash- 

ington, dated "Head Quarters, West Point, 5th. Octr. 1779." 
Loaned by Mr. Benjamin Lane Starling. 

201 Military letter to Ephraim Blaine and signed by Washing- 

ton, dated "Head Quarters, 20th. Feb. 1781" in reference to 
the Military Posts at Albany, Fort Schuyler, etc. 
Note. — Ephraim Blaine was the great-grandfather of Hon. 
James G. Blaine. 

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202 Philadelphia Gazette & Universal Advertiser, for December 

31, 1799. Published by Brown & Relf. 

Note. — This contains the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 

Pennsylvania on December 26, 1799, in reference to the 

death of Washington. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

203 True American & Commercial Advertiser, for February 22, 

1800. Published by S. F. Bradford, Philadelphia. 
Note. — This contains the oration on Death of Washington 
delivered by Bro. S. Chaudron on January 1, 1800, before 
the French Lodge I'Amenite, of Philada. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. , 

204 The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, from July 31, 

1 799 to July, 1803. Published by William & Robert Dickson 

at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

Note. — The December 25th. 1799 number, contains the notice 
of the death of Gen. Washington and the June 2d. 1802 
number, contains the following : "Died at Mount Vernon on 
the evening of 22d, ulto. Mrs. Washington, relict of the late 
Gen. George Washington." 

Loaned by Bro. William Sweigart. 

205 Original manuscript of the Rules, Minutes, etc. of the So- 

ciety of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the relief of 
Emigrants from Ireland. From the very inception of the So- 
ciety in 1771 to 1796. 

Note. — This is the oldest charitable and patriotic society in the 
United States. In the minutes zve find "Monday 19th Dec't 
1 781 * * * His Excellency General Washington zuas unani- 
mously Adopted a member of this Society. Ordered — That 
the President, Vice-President & Secretary wait on his Ex- 
cellency with a Suitable Address on the Occasion, & that 
they present him with a Medal of the Society. Also, that 
they Invite his Excellency & his suit to an Entertainment 
to be prepared & given at the City Tavern on tuesday, the 
first of January, to which the Secrt'y is directed to also 
invite the Presidents of the State & of Congress * * * 
zvith all the General Officers that may be in the city." 
Washington attended a number of the celebrated dinners 
given by this Society. Loaned by the Society. 

See next number. 

206 Geld medal of the Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 

for the relief of Emigrants from Ireland. 

Note. — This medal was made in London in 1772. One of the 
Rules of the Society, was "That each Member shall furnish 
himself with a Gold Medal of the Value of Three Guineas, 

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agreeable to the following description : On the right Hi- 
bcmia; on the left America. In the centre Liberty Joining 
the hands of Hibemia & America, to be represented by the 
usual figures of a Female supported by a Harp for Hi- 
bemia. An Indian with his Quiver on his back & his bow 
slung for America. Underneath: Unite. On the reverse: 
St. Patrick trampling on a snake, a Cross in his hand 
dressed in his Pontificalibus. The Motto : Hier." A medal 
similar to this was presented to Washington in 1781. 

Loaned by Mr. Peter S. Dooner. 

207 Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer. Published by 

Charles Bell. London. 1702. 

Note. — This is the Custis family Bible, zvhich was inherited 
by Martha Washington. It contains the entries of the 
births of Fanny Parke Custis, Sept. 13, 1710 and Daniel 
Parke Custis, Oct. 15, 171 1. There are also records of the 
marriage of Daniel and Martha Custis and the births of 
their various children. On the page at the end of the New 
Testament is to be found the birth record of George W. P. 
Custis, the adopted son of Washington. On the page im- 
mediately preceding the Book of Psalms will be found the 
record of the birth of that great soldier Gen. Robert E. 
Lee. "This Bible was read in her morning devotions by 
Martha Washington." 

Loaned by B.. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

208 Martha Washington's Prayer Book. Published by Hugh 

Gaine, New York. 1793. 

Note. — This interesting memento has the signature of Eleanor 
Parke Lewis (Custis), Washington's adopted daughter. 
It has also the inscription in the handwriting of Lorenzo 
Lewis (her son), "For M. E. A. Lewis. This prayer book 
was read by her great-grandmother Mrs. Martha Washing- 
ton." A beautiful specimen of early American bookbind- 
ing. Purchased at the sale made in December, 1800, for 
the final settlement of the Estate of Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. George C. Thomas. 

209 Silver pickle fork, with twisted ivory handle, owned by 

Washington. Loaned by Mr. Stan. V. Henkels. 

210 Blue Nankeen china plate, handsomely decorated, owned by 

Washington. Loaned by Mr. Stan. V. Henkals. 

211 Two handsomely decorated Royal Dresden saucers, owned 

by Washington. Loaned by Mr. Stan. V. Henkels. 

212 Plated fish knife, owned by Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

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213 Decorated French china cup and saucer, from the set 

which belonged to Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

214 Old cut Rose glass salt cellar, owned by Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

215 Old cut Rose glass preserve dish, owned by Washington, 

being a portion of the set at Mt. Vernon and Morristown. 
Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

216 Blue Nankeen china oblong plate, decorated with the Insig- 

nia of the Order of Cincinnati. 

Note. — A beautiful specimen, being a piece of the service pre- 
sented to Washington by the Officers of the French army 
who participated in the War of the Revolution. 

Loaned by Mrs. Charles L. Hamilton. 

217 Pearl button cut from Washington's waistcoat, by Nelly 

Custis, Jan. 6, 1759. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

218 Shaving glass, owned by Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

219 Black wooden spool from Martha Washington's workbasket. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

220 Piece of dress worn by Martha Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

221 Needle book made by Nelly Custis, the figured dark red 

satin on the covers is from "Martha Washington's second- 
day gown." 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

222 Needle book made by Nelly Custis, the cover was made from 

a piece of Martha Washington's gown, and inside is a piece 

of Martha Washington's wedding dress. 

Note. — This and the preceding number voere inherited by 

Nelly Custis's favorite grandson, "Little Zac" (H. L. D. 

Lewis) who zvas a great pet of President Taylor. 

Loaned by James S. Bradley, Jr. 

223 Cane made of wood of Mount Vernon, with black bone top 

used by Washington. 

Note. — This cane was presented by Judge Bushrod Washing- 
ton to Hon. Richard Rush. 

Loaned by Mr. Stan. V. Henkels. 

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224 Brick from the Tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry B. Bancroft. 

225 Bust of Washington by Jean Antoine Houdon. 

Note. — This is the bust which was made in 1785 by Mr. 
Houdon from the life mask of Washington, and was at 
Mount Vernon at the time of the death of Washington being 
inventoried at $100.00 by his executors. In 1849 Col. 
John Augustus Washington, who was then the sole heir 
of Mount Vernon, was asked by Mr. Clark Mills, the 
sculptor, for the bust to make the colossal equestrian statue 
of Washington, now in the city of Washington. It re- 
mained in the possession of Mr. Mills until 1873, when he 
presented it to Mr. Wilson MacDonald, the sculptor, who 
gave it to his daughter, Miss Bella MacDonald, in whose 
possession it has remained for nearly twenty years and has 
since been in the keeping of the present holders. 

Loaned by Mr. C. W. Edwards. 

226 Bronze bust of Washington, after Houdon. 

Note.— There were six Bronze replicas made of the bust of 
Washington by Houdon and this is one of the six. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

227 Colored porcelain bust of Washington, sculptured by Enoch 

Wood, 1818. Loaned by Dr. Max J. Stern. 

228 Parian marble bust of Washington. 

Loaned by Bro. Edward N. Weyant. 

229 Parian marble bust of Washington, after Houdon. 

Loaned by Mr. Stan. V. Henkels. 

230 Gold button, worn by an officer at the first Inauguration of 

Washington, in 1789. In center "G. W." surrounded by "Long 
live the President" and thirteen stars. 

Loaned by Bro. George P. Rupp. 

231 Brass button, worn by one of Washington's body-guard at 

his second inauguration in 1793. In centre "G. W." sur- 
rounded by "Long live the President" and the thirteen original 
States in circles. Loaned by Bro. George P. Rupp. 

Two white china pitchers, each decorated on one side with a 
beautiful miniature portrait of Washington in colors by Birch 
being fine reproductions of his well-known ivory miniature 
which he painted from life. On the reverse of each pitcher is 
a mountainous scenery, in which is a flag pole and the Ameri- 
can flag floating therefrom. In the front are eagles with out- 
stretched wings. They are also artistically ornamented in 
gold. 

Note— These are fine specimens of Tucker china, which was 
the first porcelain made in America. They are probably 
unique. Loaned by Bro. J. B. McClung. 



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233 Two French china full length figures of Washington and 

Jefferson. Decorated in gold and colors. 
Note. — These were wade in Paris in the latter part of the 
eighteenth century. 

Loaned by Bro. J. B. McClung. 

234 Small china mug, decorated with the portraits of Washing- 

ton and Lafayette, made at the time of Lafayette's visit to the 
United States. 

Loaned by Mrs. Charles L. Hamilton. 

235 Staffordshire punch bowl, decorated in black, around the out- 

side is the portrait of Washington and Franklin; a vignette 
of "Poor Jack" and a verse laudatory of "Poor Jack," in the 
inside is a ship and around the inside edge is the reproduction 
of war, philosophical instruments, etc. 

Loaned by Mrs. Charles L. Hamilton. 

236 Early American pottery, two handle jar, upon the front, in 

colors, is the portrait of Washington, flags, etc. 

Loaned by Mrs. Charles L. Hamilton. 

237 Curious colored portrait of Washington in black frame. 

Loaned by Mrs. Charles L. Hamilton. 

238 Colored engraved grouping of profile portraits of Louis XVI, 

Count d'Artois, Duke and Duchess d'Angouleme, Duke de 
Berri, etc. Loaned by Mr. Henry B. Bancroft. 

239 Photograph of Washington's mansion at Mount Vernon. 
Loaned by Hudson River Lodge, No. 607 of Newburgh, N. Y. 

240 Painting, in oil, of Washington's headquarters during the 

Battle of Brandywine by Walter Clark. 

Loaned by Bro. S. Lane Anderson. 

241 Photograph of same. 

Loaned by Bro. S. Lane Anderson. 

242 Two bayonets used in the War of the Revolution. Ploughed 

up on the battlefield of Brandywine. 

Loaned by Bro. S. Lane Anderson. 

243 Collection of cannon balls, grape shot, etc. ploughed up on 

the battlefield of Brandywine. 

Loaned by Bro. S. Lane Anderson. 

244 Seven photographs of different views of Washington's head- 

quarters at Newburgh, N. Y. 
Loaned by Hudson River Lodge, No. 607 of Newburgh, N. Y. 

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245 Sliver wine castor, with four cut glass bottles. Owned by 

the Washington family in England. Now owned by the Rev. 
William H. Cavanagh. 

Loaned by Mr. Charles Marshall. 

246 Original copper plate of the portrait of Washington, en- 

graved by Hatch. 

Loaned by Miss Amelia Dunsmore. 

247 Antique pewter deep dish, with the monogram "G. W." sur- 

rounded with "Long live the President." 

Loaned by Mr. Charles N. Bodey. 

248 Ten pieces of Colonial and Continental paper money taken 

from the desk of Washington's Military Secretary at Trenton. 
Loaned by Mrs. A. Boss Fillebrown. 

249 Frame containing a view of Fraunces' Tavern, New York, 

the famous hostelry used by Washington, together with an 
autograph receipt signed by Samuel Fraunce«, as steward, for 
money expended on the President's household, engraved por- 
trait of Washington by Durand, and an illuminated quotation 
from Washington's address to his officers in 1783. 

Loaned by Mr. James S. Bradley, Jr. 

250 Very old plaster medallion, with bust of Washington in high 

relief and French motto at top. 

Loaned by the Historical Society of Delaware. 

251 Two old flint lock pocket pistols that were presented to 

Judge Gunning Bradford of Delaware, during the War of the 
Revolution, by Washington. 

Loaned by the Historical Society of Delaware. 

252 Ormolu mantel clock, with full length figure of Washington 

standing aside dial ; made in the early part of the nineteenth 
century. Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

253 Small Ormolu clock, surmounted with bust of Washington, 

made in the latter part of the eighteenth century. 

Note. — This was formerly owned by Judge Jasper Yates, 
who imported it from France during the lifetime of Wash- 
ington. Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

254 White porcelain medallion, with bust of Washington. One 

of the very few manufactured at the Royal Factory at 
Sevres, France, by order of Louis XVI. 
Note. — An unusually valuable piece. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

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255 Small real bronze bust of Washington, of exquisite work- 

manship, made in the latter part of the eighteenth century. 
Loaned by Mr. Henry "Whelen, Jr. 

256 Bronze figure of Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

257 Small Wedgwood pitcher, with busts of Washington and 

Lafayette in relief, on a dark background. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

258 White Staffordshire pitcher, decorated with full length por- 

trait of Washington standing near a cannon, with shipping in 
the rear, and on the reverse a ship in full sail. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

259 White Staffordshire pitcher, decorated with bust of Wash- 

ington on one side, a ship in full sail on the other. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

260 White china pitcher, decorated in black and colors, with 

portrait of Washington, manufactured during the Civil War. 
Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

261 Nankeen china deep plate, ornamented in gold and bronze, 

with funereal decorations in the center in memory of Washing- 
ton. 
Note.— A very beautiful and very rare piece of china. 

Loaned by Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr. 

262 Dinner Card of Washington. "The President of the United 

States requests the pleasure of Mr. Gloninger's Company to 
dine on Tuesday next, at 4 O'clock, March 1, 1799. An answer 
requested. " 

Loaned by Historical Society of Fenna. 

263 Discharge of William Boderfield, gunner in the Third Ar- 

tillery Regiment, Continental Army, signed by General Wash- 
ington at Head Quarters, June 9th. 1782. Also signed by his 
Aide, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Fenna. 

264 Autograph letter signed by George Washington, dated 

Mount Vernon, 24th. of May, '99, in reference to the erection 
of a fence between his and Thomson Mason's property. 
Written on Washington's water-mark paper. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Fenna. 

265 Autograph letter signed by George Washington, dated 

Morris Tavern, 22d. February, 1777, in reference to the scarc- 
ity of provisions for the army. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Fenna. 



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266 Gold enamelled memorial pin, containing the hair of George 

and Martha Washington. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

267 Large oval solid silver Indian Treaty medal. Full length 

figure of Washington with outstretched hand about receiving 
the pipe of peace from an Indian warrior. In the background, 
a farmer with a yoke of oxen and plough with the inscrip- 
tion underneath "George Washington President 1793." On the 
reverse an eagle with outspread wings. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

268 Dead March & Monody. Performed in the Lutheran 

Church Philadelphia on Thursday the 26th December 1799 be- 
ing Part of the Music selected for Funeral Honors to our 
late illustrious Chief, General George Washington. Composed 
for the occasion and respectfully dedicated to the Senate 
of the United States by their Obet. humble Servt. B. Carr. 
With a small stipple portrait of Washington after Stuart. 
Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

269 Liverpool ware pitcher, decorated with a portrait of Wash- 

ington in oval, on the front. The rarest of all Washington 
pitchers. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

270 Large Liverpool ware pitcher, decorated with an orna- 

mented portrait of Washington on one side and an oval with 
verses commemorative of Washington on the other side. 

Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

271 Stone china sugar bowl, decorated with view of Mount 

Vernon. Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

272 Original life mask by Houdon, taken October 6 & 7, 1785. 

Note. — This mask was used for the famous statue of Wash- 
ington in Richmond, Va., which was not completed until 
1778. Loaned by Historical Society of Penna. 

273 Letters from Gen. Washington to Gen. John Cadwalader, 

including one from Gen. Joseph Reed, written on the eve of 

and immediately after the battle of Trenton. 

1 — Washington to Cadwalader, Trenton, Dec. 7, 1776, in refer- 
ence to the quartering of troops near Trenton. 

2 — Washington to Cadwalader, Head Quarters, Falls of Dela- 
ware, Dec. 11, 1776, in reference to the movements of the 
enemy at Dunks Ferry. 

3 — Washington to Cadwalader, Head Quarters, Trenton Falls, 
Dec. 12, 1776, relating to the departure of Gen. Cadwala- 
der's troops. 

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4 — Washington to Cadwalader, Head Quarters, Dec. 24, 1776, 
giving his instructions as to the operations of his brigade. 

5 — -Washington to Cadwalader, Head Quarters, Dec. 25, 1776, 
advising a diversion to facilitate his attempts on Tren- 
ton. 

6 — Washington to Cadwalader, McKenkey's Ferry, Dec. 25, 
1776, "Notwithstanding the discouraging Accounts I have 
received from Col. Reed, of what might be expected from 
the Operations below, I am determined as the night is 
favourable to cross the River and make the Attack upon 
Trenton in the morning. If you can do nothing real, at 
least create as great a diversion as possible." 

7 — Washington to Cadwalader, Head Qrs. Newtown. Dec. 
27, 1776, regretting that Gen. Cadwalader was unable to 
cross the Delaware River and assist him in his attack 
on Trenton. 

8 — Reed, Washington's Adjutant, to Cadwalader, dated Jan. 
1 1777, in reference to a contemplated second engage- 
ment at Trenton. 

9 — Washington to Cadwalader, Morris Town, Jan. 23, 1777, 
authorizing him to return his brigade to Philadelphia. 
Also a complimentary address from Washington to Cad- 
walader's brigade praising them for their services in the 
campaign for 1776-1777. 

Loaned by Bro. Charles E. Cadwalader. 

274 Letter signed by Gen. Washington to Gen. John Cadwala- 

der, dated Wilmington. August 28, 1777, asking him to or- 
ganize and take command of the Militia of the Eastern Shore 
of Maryland, to oppose Howe's advance on Philadelphia. 
Loaned by Bro. Charles E. Cadwalader. 

275 Autograph letter signed by Gen. George Washington to 

Gen. John Cadwalader, dated Head Quarters, Tappan, Oct. 
5, 1789, a confidential letter in reference to the distress of the 
army and referring to the traitorous conduct of Benedict 
Arnold. 

Loaned by Bro. Charles E. Cadwalader. 

276 Autograph letter of Gen. John Cadwalader being a copy of 

his letter to Gen. Washington, dated June 5, 1781, in reference 
to the deplorable condition of the army and wishing that 
Washington might take command in person of the army in 
the Southern States, which he considered Great Britain had 
determined to conquer even though she lost the rest of the 
Colonies. Loaned by Bro. Charles E. Cadwalader. 

Note. — Gen. John Cadwalader mentioned in the above letters 
was the son of Bro. Thomas Cadwalader, one of the members 
of the original St. John's J.odge of Philada.; the first Lodge 

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in America of which there are any records. In 1738 he was 
elected Senior Grand Warden. (Vide Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette, July 6, 1738.) 

277 Portrait in oil, of Washington, by Charles Wilson Peale, 

full bust in uniform, with cocked hat, head to left, life size. 

Note. — Painted from life at Valley Forge in 1778 and pre- 
sented to the Chester County Cabinet by John Neagle in 
1 841. Now the property of the State Normal School, West 
Chester, Pa. 

Loaned by the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa. 

278 Autograph letter signed by Gen. George Washington, dated 

West Point, July 30, 1779 to Brigr Genl Wayne, with franked 
address, asking "whether another attempt upon Stony point, 

by the way of surprise, is eligible." 
Loaned by the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa. 

279 Large bronze medal with bust of Washington, in commem- 

oration of the 17th. March, 1776. Dies made by Du Vivier, 
Paris, for the United States government. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

280 Lafayette silver dollar with busts of Washington and La- 

fayette. Made at the U. S. Mint in commemoration of the 
statue of Lafayette erected in Paris, 1900. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

k;81 Ahiman Rezon. Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania, F. & A. M. Comp. by William Smith, Grand Sec- 
retary. Philadelphia. Hall & Sellers. 1783. This book was 
dedicated "To his Excellency George Washington." 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

282 Photographs of a copy of the Ahiman Rezon presented to 

Washington by the Grand Lodge of Penna. F. & A. M. in 
1782 and is now in the Library of Brown University, Provi- 
dence, R. I. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

283 Broadside. Programme of the Centennial Anniversary of 

the initiation of George Washington at Hibernia Hall, Charles- 
ton, 4th November, A. L. 5852, by the Grand Lodge of A. F. 
M. of South Carolina. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

284 Masonic apron, worn at the funeral procession in Phila- 

delphia, February 22, 1800, in commemoration of the death of 
Bro. Geo. Washington. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

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285 Masonic apron, handsomely decorated, bordered with black 

silk, worn at the funeral procession in Philadelphia, February 
22, 1800. in commemoration of the death of Bro. Geo. Wash- 
ington. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

286 Masonic apron, handsomely and elaborately embroidered 

with Masonic symbols by Marquise de Lafayette, and pre- 
senteo. to Bro. Washington by Bro. Lafayette in 1784. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

287 Autograph letter, signed by George Washington, addressed 

to "Fellow-citizens and Brothers of the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania" in reply to an address sent him by the Grand 
Lodge of Penna. December, 1796. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

288 Frame containing photographs of "Block of Pennsylvania 

white marble, donated A. L. 5851, by the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania • to the Washington National Monument, at 
Washington, D. C." 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge cf Penna. 

289 Autograph letter signed by George Washington to Messrs. 

Watson & Cossoul, dated New York, August 19th. 1782, thank- 
ing them for "The Masonick Ornaments" which they had 
sent to him. In the same frame is a portrait of Washington 
in profile. In the lower corner of the frame is a small lock of 
Washington's hair. 
Loaned by Committee on Antiquities, Grand Lodge of New 
York. 

290 Portrait in oil of Washington, full length standing, with 

scroll in left hand, right arm extended pointing to a book on a 
table, to the left an arm chair ornamented with an eagle, Amer- 
ican shield and colors, background of drapery and pillars. 
Painted by W. Clarke, Philadelphia, 1796. 
Note. — The portrait resembles the Birch type and was un- 
doubtedly painted from life. Wholly uyxknoivn to collec- 
tors of Washington portraits and adds another to the list 
of portraits nezvly discovered. 

Loaned by Bro. Norris S. Barratt. 

291 Carrara marble bust of Washington by Houdon. Life size. 

in uniform. One of the few sculptured by the artist himself. 
Loaned by Dr. J. Solis Cohen. 

292 Mahogany ball and claw foot arm chair, owned by Wash- 

ington. Presented to John Struthers by Lawrence Lewis, one 
of the executors of Washington. 

Loaned by Mr. Joseph Cartledge. 

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293 Two mahogany ball and claw foot chairs, owned by Wash- 

ington. 

Loaned by Bro. Edward S. Wyckoff. 

294 Mahogany side table, with fluted legs and brass ornamen- 

tation, from the dining-room of the President's house in 

Philadelphia. 

Note. — This and the next number were formerly the property 

of Bro. Francis M. Brooke, zvho bequeathed them to his 

daughter, the present owner. 

Loaned by Mrs. Isaac M. Loughead. 

295 Work-box owned by Mrs. Martha Washington. 

Loaned by Mrs. Isaac M. Loughead. 

296 Photograph of Washington from an oil painting of Washing- 

ton by R. Gordon Hardie and presented to United Grand 
Lodge of England by Bro. Henry S. Wellcome, 1902. 
Loaned by R. W. Grand Master Bro. Edgar A. Tennis. 

297 Silk badge with a full length portrait of Washington. 

Worn at the centennial celebration of Washington's birth-day, 
1832, in Philadelphia. 

Loaned by Bro. G. Ellwood Wagner. 

298 Silk badge with a full bust portrait of Washington. Worn 

at the centennial celebration of Washington's birth-day, 1832, 
in Philadelphia. 

Loaned by Bro. Charles F. Wignall. 

299 Silk badge with portraits of Washington and Lafayette. 

Worn during the visit of Lafayette to Philadelphia, 1824. 

Loaned by Bro. Charles F. Wignall. 

800 Notice of meeting issued to Bro. Geo. Washington by 
Lodge No. 39 A. Y. M., of Alexandria, Va., dated August 
25, 1786. 

Note. — This is the oldest known Masonic notice from an 
American Lodge. 

Loaned by Bro. Julius F. Sachse, 

301 Beautiful miniature in oil, on ivory of Washington. Full 
bust in uniform, head to left. Painted by William Grimaldi. 
Note. — This miniature was evidently painted during Washing- 
ton's life; it is of exquisite workmanship and adds another 
to the list of newly discovered portraits of Washington. 
Loaned by Hon. Craig Biddle. 

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Numbers 302 to 324 are loaned by Mr. Albert Rosenthal. 

The following portraits of Washington are engraved by Max 
Rosenthal : 

302 Etching, colored, after the original by C. W. Peale, 1770, 

owned by Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 

303 Etching, after the original by Verely, 1789, owned in 

Vienna. 

304 Mezzotinto, colored, after the original by C. W. Peale, 

owned by State Normal School, West Chester, Penna. 

305 Mezzotinto, colored, after the original by John Sharpless. 

306 Mezzotinto, after St. Memin's engraving. 

307 Mezzotinto, after St. Memin's drawing in Carson collection. 

308 Etching, colored, after the original by C. W. Peale, owned 

by Mrs. Jos. Harrison. 

The following portraits of Washington were etched by Al- 
bert Rosenthal : 

309 Colored, after C. W. Peale, owned by Long Island Historical 

Society. 

310 Colored, after C. W. Peale, owned by Penna. Historical 

Society. 

311 Colored, after C. W. Peale, in State House, Annapolis, Md. 

312 Colored, after C. W. Peale, owned by Princeton College. 

313 Colored, after C. W. Peale, owned by Mr. Charles H. Hart. 

314 Colored, after James Wright, owned by the Powel Family, 

Newport, R. I. 

315 Colored, after Trumbull, owned by National Museum, Wash- 

ington, D. C. 

316 Colored, after Robert Field, owned by Mr. Moreau, N. Y. 

317 Colored, after Tobin Ramague, owned by Mr. Statler, Balti- 

more, Md. 

318 Colored, after Tobin Ramague, owned by Mrs. Moses Beach, 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



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319 After St. Memin, owned by Mr. Brevort, N. Y. 

320 Drawing after St. Memin, fac-simile of the original in Car- 

son collection. 

321 View of Mount Vernon, the seat of the late Gen'l Washing- 

ton, drawn by W. Birch, engraved by S. Seymour, colored. 
Very rare engraving. 

322 View of the triumphal arch and colonnade, erected in Bos- 

ton, in honor of the President of the United States, October 
24, 1789. From the "Massachusetts Magazine." 

323 View of triumphal arch, and the manner of receiving Gen. 

Washington at Trenton, on his route to New York, April 21, 
1789. From the "Columbian Magazine." 

324 Brass bas-relief of Washington. 

325 Pair of link sleeve-buttons, owned by Washington and 

given by him to James Scott. 

Note.— James Scott had a shipyard on the Delaware, near 
League Island, and received the first contract from the 
United States for building ships. These buttons zvere given 
to him for services rendered to Washington. They zvere 
inherited by his daughter who recently died at the age of 
88 years. She had them all her life. 

Loaned by Bro. William Cook. 

326 Horn silver snuff box, owned by Washington and given by 

him to James Scott. 

Loaned by Bro. William J. Milligau. 

327 Glass paper weight with silver bust of Washington in the 

center, from the Crystal Palace Exhibition, London, 1851. 

Loaned by Bro. Charles E. Meyer. 

328 Bronze souvenir medal of Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, of 

Virginia. 

Loaned by Miss Grace Bodey. 

329 Brass Washington medal, with Masonic symbols on the re- 

verse, 1797. 

Loaned by Miss Grace Bodey. 

330 Collection of twenty-seven gold, silver and copper coins and 

medals struck in commemoration of Washington, from 1791 to 
1861. 

Loaned by Bro. Harrie B. Price. 



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331 Bronze medal of Washington, in commemoration of his re- 

linquishing the Presidency. 

Loaned by Bro. Andrew Smith. 

332 Decorated French china plate used by Washington when he 

rented Col. Isaac Frank's house in Germantown. 

Loaned by Mrs. A. R. Fillebrown. 

333 Small gold pin, encircling a very small engraved portrait 

of Washington made about 1830. 

Loaned by Mrs. H. T. Melick. 

334 Cedar branch from wreath sent by the Earl of Londesborough 

and Constitutional Lodge, No. 294 of England, to be placed 
on Washington's tomb on the hundredth anniversary of his 
death. 

Loaned by Bro. Henry L. Turner. 

335 Series of nine letters from John Struthers to Lawrence 

Lewis, one of Washington's executors, in reference to the sar- 
cophagus which he presented to the Washington family and in 
which the body of Washington now rests, from Feb. 7, 1837, 
to Oct. 25, 1838, also the original autograph of the inscrip- 
tion for the sarcophagus. 

Loaned by Mr. Joseph Cartledge. 



336 Photograph of engraving of Washington, which was pub- 
lished in "Sentimental and Masonic Magazine," Dublin, 1795, 
Engraver's name is unknown. Rare. 

Loaned by Bro. James M. Lamberton. 



337 French china dinner plate, cup and saucer, of the set of 

chinaware which was presented to Martha Washington by the 
Officers of the French Navy. In the center is a circle contain- 
ing a monogram M. W. from which extend refulgent rays. 
Around the outer edge are fifteen links containing the names 
of the States, encircled with a snake. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

338 Dresden China vase, handsomely decorated, from Mount Ver- 

non. Owned by Washington. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

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339 Chinese medallion china punch bowl, owned by Washington. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

340 Gold enameled insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati, 

given to Col. Henry Shryock by Washington. 
Loaned by Bro. Thomas J. Shryock, M. W. Grand Master of Mary- 
land. 

341 Cheque on Bank of Alexandria, dated August 26, 1797, 

signed by Washington. 

Loaned by Bro. Henry M. Bechert. 

342 Lantern used on Washington's Army Wagon at Valley 

Forge. Loaned by Bro. Josiah S. Pearce. 

343 Antique iron candlestick used by Washington at Valley 

Forge. Loaned by Bro. Josiah S. Pearce. 

344 Gold ring containing lock of Washington's hair. 

Loaned by Mrs. D. Davis. 

345 Brass button worn at second Inauguration of Washington 

in 1793. In centre "G. W." with "Long live the President" in 
circle near edge. 

Loaned by Bro. George P. Rupp. 

346 Silver lamp used by Washington when writing his de- 

spatches before the Battle of Trenton. 

Loaned by R. W. Bro. George W. Kendrick, Jr. 

See No. 273. 

347 Plaque medallion with bust of Washington. Made in com- 

memoration of the Centennial anniversary of Washington's 
Initiation into Freemasonry in 1852. 

Loaned by Bro. John Cartledge. 

348 Colored lithograph of Washington acting as W. M. of a 

Lodge. Loaned by Bro. Leopold A. Raff. 

349 Collection of 233 gold, silver, bronze, copper and iron medals 

and coins struck in commemoration of Washington. 

Loaned by United States Mint, Philadelphia. 

350 Process print of Washington in Masonic dress, from a por- 

trait painted from life by Williams for Alexandria-Washington 
Lodge, No. 22 in 1794. 

Loaned by Bro. William B. Hanna. 



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351 White silk souvenir apron, with portrait of Washington 
after Stuart and W. M.'s hat, Circa 1800. 
Loaned by Committee on Library, Grand Lodge of Penna. 

852 Gold medal with full bust of Washington and legend 
"George Washington," on reverse "Time increases his fame" 
surrounded by a wreath. 

Loaned by Bro. Edward O'Neill. 

S53 Small brass medal with full bust of Washington in uniform 
and legend "Gen. George Washington." on reverse Masonic 
emblems on an open Bible surmounted with an eye shedding 
refulgent rays. 

Loaned by Bro. Carl A. Sundstrom. 

354 Fac- simile of manuscript prayer book written by Washing- 

ton. Loaned by Bro. J. Henry Williams. 

355 Large bronze medal with full bust of Washington, head to 

right surrounded by "General Washington. Inscribed to his 
memory by D. Eccleston. Lancaster. MDCCCV." ; on reverse 
a full length figure of an Indian with bow, surrounded by 
"The land was ours" and "He laid the foundation of American 
Liberty in the XVIII Century. Innumerable millions yet un- 
born will venerate the memory of the man who obtained their 
country's freedom." 

Loaned by Bro. Howard S. Campbell. 

356 Gold breastpin containing a small stipple St. Memin's por- 

trait of Washington. 

Note. — This has been in the family of the present owner for 
over ninety years. Loaned by Miss M. Millman. 

357 Oil portrait of Washington, copy of Stuart's "Lansdowne 

Portrait," very finely executed. 

Loaned by Bro. Henry C. Bruner. 

358 Memorial, containing a summary View of FACTS, with their 

authorities, in answer to the Observations sent by the Eng- 
lish Ministry to the Courts of Europe. Translated from the 
French. Philadelphia. Printed by James Chattin, 1757. 
Note. — This contains Washington's journal during the French 
and Indian War, 1754-1755. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

359 American selections of Lessons in Beading and Speaking, 

by Noah Webster. Third Edition. Philadelphia. Printed 
and sold by Young and M'Culloch, at the Corner of Second 
and Christian streets. 1787. 

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Note.— This has the rare engraved portrait of Washington 

after Pcale, colored. 
For description of this portrait see No. 16. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

360 Advice to a Son, directing him how to demean himself in 
the Most Important Passages of Life. Fourth Edition. Lon- 
don. 1716. 

Note.— This book was ozvned by John Custis, Daniel Parke 
Custis, Martha Washington, George Washington, Lawrence 
Lewis and H. L. D. Lewis. It has an autograph of John 
Custis and the following :— "Memorandum. On Wednesday 
the Twenty seventh of June Seventeen hundred Thirty & 
Nine at Night between the hours of Eight & Nine, my sister 
Fanny Parke Custis was by the Reverend Mr. David Mot- 
sum Married to Mr. William Winch Shee was given by her 
Father, and no other Person by but Daniel Parke Custis." 
Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

361 Alamanc and diary of Washington, dated 1767. 

Note.— This volume is filled with autograph remarks and 
memoranda made by Washington in 1767 and once belonged 
to the late Judge Bushrod Washington, his nephexv and 
executor. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

362 Religion and Patroitism the Constituents of a good Soldier. 

A Sermon preached to Captain Overton's Independent Com- 
pany of Volunteers, raised in Hanover County, Virginia, Aug- 
ust 17, 1755, by Samuel Davies, A. M. Minister of the Gospel 
there Philadelphia. Printed: London, Reprinted for j. 
Buckland, 1756. 

Note.— This volume has this note on page 12. "As a remark- 
able Instance of this, I may point out to the Public that 
heroic Youth Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope 
Providence has hitherto preserved in so singular a Manner 
for some important Service for his Country." A remarkable 
Prophecy. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

363 Bound volume of contemporary pamphlets, formerly owned 

by Washington, with his autograph and bookplate. 

Note.— This volume contains the only known copy of "A 

Prayer, Composed for the Benefit of the Soldiery in the 

American Army, to assist them in their private Devotions; 

and recommended to their particular Use. bv Ahiel Leonard, 



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A. M. Chaplain to General Putnam's Regiment in said 
Army. Cambridge. Printed and sold by S. & E. Hall. 1775." 
and oilier pamphlets, some of which are dedicated to and 
autograph presentation copies to Washington. Several are 
the earliest published pamphlets in reference to the estab- 
lishment of the seat of the U. S. Government at Washington 
and one pamphlet mentions for the first time in print Wash- 
ington as the "Father of his Country." 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

364 Der Gantz Neue Verbesserte Nord-Americanische Calender. 

Auf das I77pste Jahr Christi. Lancaster. Gedrucht und zu 
finden bey Francis Bailey in der Konigs strasse. 

Note. — This has a zvood engraved cover zvith portrait of Wash- 
ington with a figure of Fame blowing a trumphet from which 
issues "Des Lavdes Vater," the first time this expression 
"Father of his Country" was printed in German. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

365 "The Present State of our Country." A colored engraved 

caricature of the political situation about 1812 by William 
Charles, the ''American Cruikshank," who lived in Philadelphia. 
In the upper right hand corner is a portrait of Washington 
surrounded by clouds with the legend 'I left you with a precious 
Casket of Choicest Blessings Supported by three Pillars — De- 
sist my sons from pulling at them — Should you remove one 
you destroy the whole." In the center is a casket with "Peace 
and Plenty" and Liberty and Independence" supported by three 
pillars with the names "Federalism," Republicanism" and 
"Democracy' and two men trying to pull them down etc. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

366 Brass button worn at second inauguration of Washington 

in 1793. 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

367 Impression from the original plate of "The President of the 

United States and Mrs. Washington request the Pleasure of 

Company to Dine, on next, at o'clock. 

178 An early answered is requested." 

Loaned by Bro. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

368 Blue china plate made at Trenton for Grand Lodge of Penn- 

sylvania, as a souvenir of the Sesqui-centennial anniversary of 
Washington's Initiation into Freemasonry. The border is an 
exact reproduction of that used on the china presented to Wash- 
ington by the French officers who served in the War of the 

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Revolution, in the center is a copy of his bookplate surrounded 
by "Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. A. L. 5752. A. L. 5902. 
Sesqui-centennial of Washington's Initiation as a Freemason." 
Loaned by Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

369 Bronze medal with full bust of Washington after Stuart, 

head to left, surrounded by "Sesqui-centennial ot Washington's 
Initiation as a Freemason." "E. A. Nov. 4, 5752. F. C. Mar. 
3, 5753- M. M. Aug. 4, 5753." ; on reverse a reproduction of 
the seal of the Grand Lodge of Penna. 

Loaned by Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

370 Sardonyx intaglio bust of Washington of exquisite work- 

manship, made lor John Augustine Washington, who inherited 
Mount Vernon. 

Loand by Hon. Charles P. King. 

371 Autograph receipt signed by Washington, dated Mount 

Vernon, June 17, 1797. 

Loaned by Mr. William H. Folwell, Jr. 

372 Large mahogany chair, on top of back is a gilded Sun with 

refulgent rays surmounted with a Liberty Cnp on a pole. 

NOTE.— This chair zvas purchased by the State Assembly in 
1735, and was used by the Speakers 0/ the House until 1775 ; 
from that period until 1783 by the Presidents of the Con- 
tinental Congress. Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, ?cas Presi- 
dent when Washington was made Commander-in-Chief of 
the American Army in 1775 ; John Randolph was President 
at the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and Wash- 
ington was President of the Constitutional Convention when 
the Constitution zvas signed in 1787. The chair zvas taken to 
Harruburg about 1800, and was returned, at the close of the 
Civil War, to Independence Hall by Hon, Andrew G. Cur- 
tin, who zvas then Governor, and since that time it has re- 
mained in the Hall. 
Loaned by Joint Resolution of Select and Common Councils of 
Philadelphia. 

373 PUBLIC EXPRESSION of GRIEF for the DEATH of GEN 
ERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AT DORCHESTER. 
Bound volume containing "Proceedings of the town of Dor- 
chester relative to 22d. of February, 1800." Eulogy by Oliver 
Everett, and Oration by Thaddeus Mason Harris. 

Loaned by Bro. A. Winthrop Pope. 

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Nos. 374 to 388 are from the Library of the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania. 

374 Masonic discourse spoken at Greenfield, Mass. before Re- 
publican Lodge, Jan. i, i8oo, by E. L. Bascom. Greenfield. 
1800. 



375 Eulogy on the life, character and services of Bro. George 

Washington by T. Bigelow. Boston. 1800. 

376 Masonic eulogy on the life of the Illustrious Bro. George 

Washington, pronounced before the brethren of St. John's 
Lodge on the evening of the 4th of Feb. 1800 by George Blake. 
Boston. 1800. 



377 Same— 2d edition. Boston. A. L. 5800. 

378 Funeral oration on Bro. George Washington, Jan. 1st. 1800 

before the French Lodge l'Amenite, by Simon Chaudron, tr. 
by S. F. Bradford. Philadelphia. 1800. 

379 Same-Philadelphia 1811. 

L<80 Eulogies and orations on the life and death of Gen. George 
Washington. Boston. 1800. 



381 Fraternal tribute of respect paid to the Masonic character 

of Washington in the Union Lodge, Dorchester, Jan. 7, A. L. 
5800 by T. M. Harris. Charlestown, 1800. 

382 Lettres ecrites a la loge l'Amenite, No. 73 a la l'occasion de 

l'orasion funebre du F. : George Washington. Philadelphia. 
1801. 

3S3 Oration commemorative of the virtues and greatness of Gen. 
Washington ; pronounced in the German Lutheran Church, 
Philada. on the twenty-second of February, eighteen hundred, 
by S. Magaw. Philada. 1800. 

384 Same— Republished at the request of the Grand Lodge of 
Connecticut. Newfield. 1800. 

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d85 Eulogy on Gen. George Washington pronounced in the 

Friendship Lodge, No. 9, in the presence of the Grand Lodge 
of South Carolina. Feb. 22, 1800 by Seth Paine. Charleston 
1800. 

386 Eulogy on the life of Gen. WaBhington, delivered at Dan- 

ville, before Harmony Lodge, 26th day of February, 1800. 
Peacham. 1800. 

387 Constitutions of the ancient and honourable fraternity of 

free and accepted Masons***Worcester. 1792. 

Note.— The dedication reads "In Testimony of his exalted 
merit and of Our inalienable Regard, This work ts inscribed 
and Dedicated To our Illustrious BROTHER George Wash- 
ington— the friend of Masonry, of his Country, and~of Man." 

388 New Ahiman Bezon. Containing the laws and constitutions 

of the Grand Lodge of Virginia***by John K. Read. Rich- 
mond. 1791. 

Note.— The dedication reads "Tc George Washington, Esq 
President of the United States of America. The followm* 
work is most respectfully dedicated by hit obedient servant 
the Editor." 

389 "Commemoration of Washington" painted on glass in Can- 

ton, China, by a Chinese artist in 1824 for J. Hemphill, Esq. 
of Philadelphia, who was a nephew by marriage of Bro. 
Stephen Girard. 

For full description of the portrait see No. 127, which it is a 
copy of. 

Loaned by Bro. Henry A. Ingram. 

390 Certificate of membership of the Society of the Cincinnati 

issued to Robert Porter, dated Mount Vernon, October 21, 
1785, signed by Washington. 

Loaned by Bro. Henry M. Dechert. 

Flags were loaned by William H. Horstman Company. 
Exhibition cases were loaned by Bro. Frederick H. Starling. 



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LETTERS OF REGRET 

Among the letters of regret received were the follow- 
ing: 

M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of 
British Columbia. 

Grand Master's Office. 

Kaslo, B. C, Octr. 18th, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

Grand Master of Masons, 
Pennsylvania. 
Dear Sir & Most Wor. Bro. — 

I am in receipt of your kind invitation to the Sesqui-centen- 
nial Anniversary of our illustrious Brother Washington's initia- 
tion as a Freemason. 

It is with the greatest regret that I have to announce to you 
my inability to be present. 

But I extend to you on behalf of the Grand Lodge of British 
Columbia the cordial wish that the function will be both interest- 
ing and successful, and I assure you, although we are citizens 
of another country, that equally with you we revere the name 
and memory of the man and brother to whom you do honor. 
Faithfully & fraternally yours, 
[seal] E. E. CHIPMAN, 

Grand Master. 

The Rectory, 

Esquimault, B. C, 
Oct : 13, 1902. 
Most Worshipful Grand Master. 

I much regret that I cannot accept your kind invitation to 
be present with you on Nov : 5th, 1902. However, I can assure 
you of our cordial good will, & our desire that the proposed 
function may tend to the glory of Masonry, & the increased 
good-fellowship of all members of our ancient & honourable Fra- 
ternity. We recognize with esteem the distinguished brother 
whose memory you are about to commemorate, & rejoice that 

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one so remarkable for Masonic Virtues should have been a 
Brother of the Order. 

I am, Sir, 

Yours very faithfully, 

C. ENSOR SHARP, 

D. G. M. 

British Columbia. 



Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Canada. 
In the Province of Ontario. 

Office of the Grand Master. 

Lindsay, Ont. Oct. 20th, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

E. W. Grand Master of Penna. 

Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. 
Dear Sir & R. W. Bro. 

I regret that my official duties will prevent my attendance 
at the celebration of the sesqui-centennial anniversary of the 
initiation of Washington into our order. I should have enjoyed 
meeting so many eminent Masons as will assemble on the occa- 
sion and to have listened to the addresses of the many distin- 
guished and eminent members of the Craft who will take part 
in the ceremonies of the day. Convey my regret to your Grand 
Lodge and my hope that at some future time I may be privileged 
to meet them. I remain sincerely and fraternally yours. 

JOHN E. HARDING, 

Grand Master G. L. C. 

Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Canada, 
In the Province of Ontario. 

Office of the Deputy Grand Master. 

Toronto, Ont., 9th October, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

R. W. Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

Dear Sir & R. W. Bro. 

Please accept my thanks for your kind invitation to be pres- 
ent on the fifth of November, and my regrets at my inability 

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to be with you on the occasion of the Anniversary of the Initia- 
tion of our Illustrious Brother George Washington. 

The memory of our departed Brother is revered by us, as it is 
by those of your Country, and his photograph adorns the walls 
of my mother Lodge. 

It would have given me great pleasure to have been able to 
accept your kind invitation, but for the fact that I am to visit 
officially a Lodge in my own jurisdiction on the same night. 

With the most fraternal greeting to yourself, and the Breth- 
ren of Pennsylvania, I am my dear Sir and E. W. Brother, 
Yours courteously & fraternally, 

BENJAMIN ALLEN, 
Deputy Grand Master, 

Grand Lodge of Canada. 
33 Molinda St. 



The M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado, 

A. F. & A. M. 

Grand Master's Office. 

Glenwood Springs, Colo. October 20th, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, 

Eight Worshipful Grand Master F. & A. M. 
Philadelphia, Penna. 

Eight Worshipful Brother 

Your fraternal invitation to take part in the celebration of 
the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of the Initiation of Brother 
George Washington into our Fraternity has been received by 
me, and I sincerely regret that other engagements make it im- 
possible for me to accept. I know that you will have a most 
profitable and enjoyable occasion, and I send you my fraternal 
greeting and earnest prayer for your personal health and pros- 
perity as well as all the Brethren of the Craft throughout your 
Grand Jurisdiction; a Jurisdiction that has had some of the 
noblest and grandest characters of our American history at its 
head. 

You may be interested to know that the Grand old State of 

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Penns)ivania has furnished three of her sons who have served 
the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado as Grand Master, 
myself included. I had the honor to receive the first three 
degrees in Masonry in Lodge of the Craft No. 433, F. & A. M. 
at New Castle, Penn'a and am proud to have the personal friend- 
ship of Et. Worshipful Bro. Mathias H. Henderson, P. G. M. of 
Penn'a and now the oldest living past master of my mother 
Lodge. 

While Pennsylvania is the Keystone State, Colorado is the 
Capstone; we have the crest of the continent here, and may we 
always be in the future as in the past with Pennsylvania, strict 
in preserving the ancient landmarks of the Craft. 

Sincerely and Fraternally, 
[seal] MARSHALL H. DEAN, 

Grand Master. 



The M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado, 
A. F. & A. M. 

Grand Secretary's Office. 

Denver, Colo. Oct. 20, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

Grand Master Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 

F. & A. M., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Most Worshipful Sir and Brother: 

Your invitation to attend the sesqui-centennial anniversary 
of the initiation of Brother George Washington duly received, 
but I regret that it will be impossible for me to attend. 

I especially regret my inability to be with you by reason of 
the fact that I am a Pennsylvanian myself, was the Grand Repre- 
sentative of your Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Colo- 
rado as long as you had a Grand Representative, and also be- 
cause I was one of the original Committee of three in Colorado 
who inaugurated the Washington Memorial exercises at Mt. 
Vernon in 1899. 

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Again expressing my regret at my inability to be with you, 
and thanking you for your kind invitation, I remain, 

Fraternally 3'ours, 

WM. D. TODD. 

Grand Secretary. 



Cabinete del Grand Maestro. 

Cienfuegos, Cuba, Oct. 26th, 1902. 

Bro. Edgar A. Tennis, 

Right Worshipful Grand Master of 
Pennsylvania, U. S. A. 
Eight Worshipful Brother: — 

I have had the pleasure of receiving the fraternal invitation 
that you have so kindly sent to me in the name of the E. W. 
G. L. of Pennsylvania, to attend the Sesqui-Centennial anni- 
versary of the initiation of the Illustrious Brother George Wash- 
ington, the founder of the noble American nation to which my 
country is so firmly bound by the strong ties of friendship and 
gratitude, having a masonic fraternity whose practices we fol- 
low as our rule and guide, as we consider it to be the best and 
most perfect example of the universal fraternity. 

I would consider it a great pleasure and a high honor to attend 
those solemn and imposing masonic ceremonies, but unfortu- 
nately I am unable to be present. I beg to request, however, that 
you will please express to the E. W. G. L. of Pennsylvania my 
sincere thanks, for its kind invitation, and to the Brethren 
present my fraternal greetings and best wishes for their pros- 
perity. 

Very fraternally yours, 

J. F. PELLON, 
Grand Master of Cuba. 



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TOasbington Sesqui^centennial anniversary 

Uppat, 
Brora, 

Sutherland, 
N. B. 

Lord Amherst regrets that his engagements make it quite 
impossible for him to avail himself of the invitation of the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for Nov. 5th. 

Octr. 19th. 

[Lord Amherst is the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master 
of the United Grand Lodge of England.] 



United Grand Lodge of England. 

Grand Secretary's 
Office. 

Freemason's Hall. 

Great Queen St., London, W.C. 

21st October, 1902. 

Dear Sir & M. W. Grand Master, 

I am desired by the Deputy Grand Master The Earl of War- 
wick, to convey to the Eight Worshipful Grand Lodge of Penn- 
sylvania His Lordship's thanks for the kind and fraternal 
invitation to take part in the celebration of the Sesqui-centen- 
nial Anniversary of the Initiation of Bro. George Washington 
into our Fraternity. 

His Lordship regrets that he is precluded by the distance from 
England from taking part in a celebration with which he most 
cordially sympathises. 

It may interest your Grand Lodge to learn, that within the 
past few weeks, Lord Warwick presided at an assembly of Free- 
masons, when his Excellency the American Ambassador formally 
unveiled a most admirable full length portrait of George Wash- 
ington in Masonic regalia, painted by Mr. Eobert Gordon Hardie 
of Brattleborough, Vermont, and presented to this Grand Lodge 
by Bro. Henry S. Wellcome, an American citizen. 

The picture now occupies a prominent position in this build- 
ing, and will always be highly prized as the portrait of a Brother 

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who possessed to so eminent an extent, those qualities and vir- 
tues which as Freemasons we are taught to admire and respect. 
I am, 

Dear Sir & M. W. Grand Master, 

Yours faithfully & fraternally, 
To E. LETCHWORTH, 

M. W. Brother Gr. s. 

Edgar A. Tennis, 

Grand Master of the Grand 

Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

" dunscore," 
Torquay. 
England, 

15th. Oct. 1902. 

Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

Grand Master of Pennsylvania 

E. W. Sir and Brother 

I am very much obliged for an official invite to the Celebration 
of the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of the Initiation of Brother 
George Washington; and regret exceedingly my inability to 
attend, not only because of the great man (who was as good as 
he was great), to be commemorated as a Freemason, but because 
for very many years, all that concerns the welfare of the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania has been very dear to me, as Honorary 
Life member of the " Franklin" Lodge, No. 134, Philadelphia, 
and an old student of the Masonic History of the Keystone 
State. 

I have done my best to discover the origin of the original 
" Fredericksburg Lodge" in which George Washington was 
Initiated, Passed, and Raised, but in common with other in- 
vestigators have failed to do so. It seems to me likely that 
the Lodge was first of all started and worked by Brethren, who 
had come to reside in the neighborhood, from Scotland, and 
who had seen the " Light" prior to leaving the " Old Country." 

It is unfortunate that there is no register in the Books of the 
Grand Lodge of Scotland of the actual granting of the Warrant, 
neither is it to be found in the List of Charters in the various 

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Books of Constitutions published by that Grand Lodge; so that 
the document apparently bears no official number. 

Had it been duly registered, when issued and signed by the 
regular officials on the 21st July, 1758, the number of the Char- 
ter would probably have been 87 : thus following soon after " St. 
Andrew's" Boston and Blandford, Virginia (Nos. 81 & 82) on 
the List of A.D. 1756 on the roll of the same Body. 

The Warrant was regularly granted, however, as the Minutes 
of the Grand Lodge testify of 14th August, 1758, and moreover 
the original document is still happily preserved by the Lodge. 
I hope that it will be lent for exhibition at the Celebration, with 
the priceless minutes of the great Patriot's reception into our 
beloved Fraternity. 

One hundred and fifty years ago there was not that precise 
attention to details and regularity that characterize the exist- 
ing Grand Lodges, and hence it was doubtless deemed quite 
correct for the brethren to so assemble as they did in Fredericks- 
burg, and make Masons. Besides which their application for a 
Charter meeting with such a response, proves that the Scottish 
authorities were satisfied with the status of the Petitioners. 

Our duty now is to hold on to the great distinguishing land- 
marks of the Brotherhood which made the Society so dear to the 
noble Washington with any and all who do not require their 
adherents to believe in God and practice the sacred duties of 
morality. 

Believe me, 

E. W. Sir and Brother, 

Yours Fraternally, 

WM. JAMES HUGHAN. 



Iowa Masonic Library. 

Cedar Rapids, Oct. 16th, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Most Worshipful Sir and Bro : — 

I have to thank you for invitation to attend the forthcoming 
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the Masonic fraternity to be held in Philadelphia under the 
auspices of your Grand Lodge. The members of every other 
jurisdiction can envy Pennsylvania in its initiative thus per- 
petuating the Masonic memory of one whose virtues will ever 
stand as an answer to detractors of the order. 

I regret to say that it will be impossible for me to be present 
on that occasion, though nothing would afford me greater pleas- 
ure. No one can doubt the success of the gathering and of its 
influence on Masonry not only in Pennsylvania but all over the 
country, and you will permit me to hope it may be all that it is 
desired by those who are working so splendidly for its success. 
I am 

Yours fraternally, 

JOS. E. MORCOMBE, 

Comm. on Correspondence. 



Office of Grand Secretary. 
Grand Lodge of Indian Territory. 

Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. 
Atoka, Ind. Ter. 

Oct. 14-1902. 
R. W. Edgar A. Tennis, 

Gr. Master. 
Deak Brother: 

It would warm the cockles of the heart of your old Indian 
Terry Brother if he could accept your kind invitation and be 
present at the Sesqui Centennial Anniversary of the Initiation 
of Bro. George Washington into our fraternity. But I must 
stay at home and work. 

Really I am so used to hard and constant work, dear Brother, 
that I could not live without it. 

May God bless you on the glad occasion, I pray. 

Sincerely, 

J. S. MURROW. 

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Bro. Sir James Creed Meredith, the Deputy Grand Master 
of the Freemasons of Ireland begs to tender to M. • . W. • . Bro. 
Edgar A. Tennis and through him to all the Brethren of the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, warm thanks for the fraternal 
invitation which has been extended to him to attend the inter- 
esting function to be held on Nov. 5. He greatly regrets that 
his duties in Ireland will prevent him from attending on the 
occasion and he begs Bro. Tennis to be the medium of convey- 
ing the warmest fraternal greetings of the Grand Lodge of 
Ireland to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

Clonewin, 

Pembroke Ed. 

Dublin. 
Octr. 27, 1902. 



Grand Lodge of Instruction. 

Freemasons' Hall, 
Dublin. 

To the Eight Worshipful Grand 

Master of Masons, Pennsylvania. 

E. \ W. \ and Deae Bro. •. 

The invitation to attend at the celebration of our illustrious 
Brother George Washington's admission to Freemasonry is a 
source of much pride and gratification to me, though the feeling 
is alloyed with deep regret at my inability to avail myself of 
the honour. 

The close relations between our respective Grand Lodges are 
evidenced by our striking conformity in Work, and our uncom- 
promising adherence to Ancient Forms. Nor is this relationship 
of recent date. We cannot forget that Springett Penn, the 
favorite grandson of the great Wm. Penn, was one of the most 
prominent Freemasons in Ireland in 1726, and we would fain 
think the fact was not without bearing on the early Freemasonry 
of Pennsylvania. No Grand Lodge beyond the sea is more 
frequently mentioned, or more fraternally greeted in our G. L. 
Minutes than the Grd. Lodge of Pennsylvania during the closing 

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decades of the eighteenth century, winding up in 1800 with 
Eesolutions of sympathy at the removal by death of the great 
and good man in whose initiation we all take pride. In our 
Ahiman Rezon of 1804, the list of Lodges of Pennsylvania fol- 
lows the list of our own Lodges. And so down the stream of 
time, the ebbless flow of Freemasonry has ever served as a 
widening channel of good-will between the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania and the Grand Lodge of Ireland. 

Again thanking you and the Grand Lodge over which you so 
worthily preside, 



20th Oct., 1902 



Believe me your faithful Brother, 

W. J. CHETWODE CKAWLEY. 



Extracts from Minutes of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, 1800. 
Midsummer Communication, 5th. June, 1800. 

E. W. John Boardman, G. T., in the chair, 
attended by W. Bros. Fawcett and Handcock 

[as G. Wardens]. 



" Letter from G. L. of Pennsylvania, relating their conduct 
[proceedings] on account of the death of General George Wash- 
ington the late G. M. 
Order'd, 

That a committee be appointed to draw up an address of 
thanks to the said G. L. for their polite and friendly communi- 
cation; and, also, of condolence on the melancholy event/' 

"(Committee appointed, R. W. the Grand Treasurer; W. Bro 
A. Seton; W. Bro Galbraith.)" 

Aug. 7, 1800. 

R. W. Alex. Jaffray, D. G. M. in the chair. 



"Letter to G. L. of Pennsylvania in answer to theirs (5th. 
June) relative to their conduct on the death of their late Brother 

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and worthy G. M. Bro. Geo. Washington, which was unanimously 
approved of: 
Ordered 
That the same, together with the address of their G. M. on 
the melancholy event be recorded in this transaction Book." 



[Note. — The address of Brother Jonathan Bayard Smith, 
Eight Worshipful Grand Master and the letter from the Grand 
Lodge of Ireland will be found at pages 379 and 437 of the first 
volume of the Eeprint of the Minutes of the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania.] 



Alexandria, La., Oct. 9, 1902. 
M. W. Edgar A. Tennis, 

Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

M. W. Sir & Bro— 

The courteous invitation of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 
to attend a sesqui-centennial celebration of the initiation of 
W. Bro. Geo. Washington is received. It is with a great deal 
of regret I find myself compelled to announce my inability to 
accept it. 

There are many reasons for believing that the occasion is one 
that would give me much pleasure to share, for I can add a 
number in addition to those that will naturally inhere in it. 
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania is to a large extent the 
mother of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, & of its old Grand 
Chapter. Four of the five Lodges that organized the Grand 
Lodge of Louisiana held warrants at the time from the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania. The two chapters that organized the 
Grand Chapter both held warrants from the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania as attached to two of the aforesaid Lodges. Much 
of the sturdy spirit of State independence in Masonic govern- 
ment that for forty years characterized Capitular Masonry in 
Louisiana was no doubt due to the principles and instruction of 
the parent Grand Lodge. 

But personally also I should take great interest in attending 

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this, or any, convocation of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 
for in your Industry Lodge, No. 131 I received my first in- 
struction in Symbolic Masonry, and I retain, and ever shall 
retain, a deep reveration for my own mother lodge and the 
Grand Lodge under which it held and continues to hold. 

Again expressing my great regret at my inability to accept 
your polite invitation, I remain, 

Very Sincerely & Fraternally yours, 

HERMAN C. DUNCAN, 

Grand Chaplain & Chair, of Committee 

on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of La. 



Grand Lodge of Mississippi, 
F.-. & A.-. M.-. 

Office of Grand Secretary. 

,_ „, Vicksburg, October 28 /2/ 

Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania. 
Philadelphia. 

Most Worshipful Brother: 

I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of the invi- 
tation of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania to attend the Sesqui- 
centennial Anniversary of the Initiation of Washington and to 
most heartily thank you for the same. I assure you that noth- 
ing but distance prevents my acceptance of your politeness. It 
is only right and proper that the noblest and grandest Institu- 
tion existing in our beloved country should celebrate with fit- 
ting ceremonies the entrance into it of the noblest and grandest 
character which has appeared in all history. 

I have the honor to be, Most Worshipful Sir, 

Your Most Obedient Servant and Brother, 

FREDERICK SPEED, 

Grand Secretary. 

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El Paso, Texas, 

Oct. 24th, 1902. 
Bro. Edgar A. Tennis, 

Grand Master of Masons, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Worshipful sir: — 

Absence from home has prevented an earlier acknowledge- 
ment of your kind invitation to be present at the Sesqui-cen- 
tennial Aniversary of Washington's Initiation as a Freemason. 

I appreciate the compliment very much and I regret that I 
cannot make a contemplated trip to the East, until after this 
interesting occasion has passed. 

I am glad that the event will be celebrated by so conservative 
and dignified a jurisdiction as Pennsylvania, which knows how 
to do things as things should be done. 

I shall look forward with much interest to the account of the 
proceedings. 

Thanking you on behalf of the brethren of New Mexico, to 
whom I consider the compliment conveyed was intended, I 
remain, 

Fraternally yours, 

Chairman Comm. on Foreign Corr. [N. M.] 

W. H. SEAMON". 



The Masonic Hall, 
283 Castleeeagh Stbeet, 

Sydney, 13 Dec'r, 1902. 
Dear Sir & Et. Wor. Bro : 

I am in receipt of your invitation to take part in the celebra- 
tion of the sesqui-centennial anniversary of the initiation of Bro. 
George Washington into our Fraternity. 

Since the vast distance which separates our respective coun- 
tries enabled me to receive your most welcome invitation only at 
the approximate time at which the ceremonial was being con- 
ducted, I was necessarily absent. 

But the spirit which prompted you to invite me to attend has 
been profoundly appreciated by me, and I take the earliest 
opportunity of acknowledging your courtesy and of assuring 

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you of my heartiest fraternal wishes for the success of the func- 
tion so happily devised in memory of the Masonic birth of a 
man to whom the world owes so much in the sacred cause of 
human freedom. 

Just as "Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell" so it has 
had reason to rejoice that Bro. George Washington was born 
to woman. 

But while freedom is a holy heritage to us of these latter 
days, too frequently, also, has license unbridled been permitted 
to supervene; and in Masonic matters have often appeared 
radical innovations which, unchecked, would have completely 
transformed, and disastrously, the whole body of Masonry. It 
has therefore befittingly fallen to the lot of the grand and 
conservative membership of the Pennsylvanian brethren to 
worthily celebrate such an occurrence as that to which your 
invitation relates. 

I extend to you my warmest sentiments of fraternal esteem, 
& would express the sincere hope that your celebration will be 
crowned with every success. 

Believe me to remain, 

Dear Sir & Et. Wor. Brother, 

Yours faithfully and fraternally, 

John B. Trivett, 
Past. Dep. Grand Master, 
New South Wales 
[and Chairman, Com. on Foreign 
Correspondence] . 
Bro. Edgar A. Tennis, 

Et. Wor. Grand Master 
of Pennsylvania. 



Palmyra, N. Y., Octobers, 1902. 
E; W; Edgar A. Tennis, 

Grand Master of Masons in the 
State of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
My dear Brother. 

The invitation of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania through 
you to be present and take part in its coming celebration of 

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the initiation of Brother George Washington into our fraternity 
upon November 5th, next, is received, and I hasten to assure 
you of my very sincere appreciation of the honor such an invi- 
tation confers. 

I sincerely regret that engagements already made, and which 
it is impossible for me to postpone, render it impossible for me 
to be with you. 

Such celebrations must necessarily tend, not only to further 
and cement the interest of the Brethren in the Craft, but to 
teach to men the lesson of patriotism, and in doing this, one 
of the most valuable duties of Free Masonry toward mankind 
is fostered and increased in efficiency. 

Congratulating you and the Grand Jurisdiction of which you 
are the honored head, and again thanking you, I am, 

Fraternally and sincerely yours, 

S. N. SAWYER. 

[R. W. Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New 
York.] 



46 West 22d St., 
New York, Oct. 27th, 1902. 
To 

Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 
Grand Master, Phil'a. 

Dear Sir and Brother 

I regret I am not able to accept your kind and fraternal invi- 
tation to be present at the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of 
Washington's initiation into the Masonic Fraternity, to be held 
at Phil'a. on the 5th of November, prox. 

In doing honor to George Washington the Grand Lodge of 
Pennsylvania does honor to itself. 

Washington is the great man of all time. 

His august name and character stand framed against the 
background of a mighty Republic whose marvelous prosperity 
and power is the wonder of the Nations, illustrating on the 
grandest scale the world has ever seen man's capacity for self- 
government. 

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Wishing your anniversary celebration every success and with 
kind regards personally, 

I am truly and fraternally yours, 

CHAELES L. LAMBERTOK 



Grand Lodge of North Dakota, 
A. F. & A. M. 

„ Grafton, N. Dak. Oct. 24, 1902. 

Me. Edgar A. Tennis, 

M. W. Grand Master, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

My dear Sir & Bro : I am in receipt of the cordial and cour- 
teous invitation of the Grand Lodge of your State sent through 
you. The Grand Lodge of North Dakota through me extends 
its fraternal greetings and regrets that its Grand Master will 
be unable to accept your generous hospitality on the occasion 
of the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of Initiation of Bro. Geo. 
Washington; however the thanks of the Grand Lodge are 
hereby extended for the courtesy and personally I trust that the 
fraternal goodwill which has always existed between our Grand 
Bodies may long continue. The occasion is one which I should 
very much desire to participate in and were it just a little later, 
distance would not prevent me from being in attendance on this 
very auspicious occasion. 

With best wishes for a happy reunion and many thanks for 
your thoughtful courtesy, 

I am, Sir, 

Fraternally and Courteously Yours, 
[seal] WALTER L. STOCKWELL, 

Grand Master, 
N. D. 

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Dear Sir and M. W. Brother. 

I wish to thank you very much for your kind invitation to 
be present at the Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary of the Initia- 
tion of Bro. George Washington into Freemasonry. 

I have delayed my reply in the hope that I might be able to 
attend but I now find I shall be unable to do so. 

Kindly allow me to offer my humble tribute of respect and 
esteem for the man whose memory you meet to honor. 

" First in Peace, first in War, and first in the hearts of his 
Country" 

Yours fraternally, 

Luther B. Archebald, 

Grand Master, A. F. & A. M. 

Nova Scotia. 
Edgar A. Tennis, 

M. W. Grand Master, Pennsylvania. 



Office of 

Grand Secretary, F. A. M. 

of Ohio. 

Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 4, 1902. 
J. M. Lamberton, Esq., 

Masonic Temple, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

My dear Sir & Brother: — 

At the last moment, and very much to my regret, I find that 
I shall be unable to be present at your celebration to-morrow. 
I had been looking forward with pleasant anticipations towards 
being with you, meeting the distinguished brethren who will 
honor the occasion with their presence and showing respect to 
the Venerable Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

This will probably not be received until after the exercises 
are over or I should express the desire that you present my 
greetings to the distinguished assemblage present and particu- 
larly to your own Grand Lodge Officers, with the most earnest 
wish for the prosperity of the Craft wherever located. 

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I return the tickets herein in order that they may be properly 

accounted for. 

Yours fraternally, 

J. H. Bromwell, 

Grand Secretary. 



The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons of Oregon. 

Baker City, Oregon, Oct. 25th, 1902. 

Hon. Edgae A. Tennis, E. W. Grand Master of Masons, 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

E. W. Sir and Brother: — Your kind invitation to attend 
the Sesqui-centennial celebration of the initiation of our Illus- 
trious Brother George Washington into our Fraternity has just 
reached me owing to an extended absence in visitations to 
Lodges of our Grand Jurisdiction. I regret my inability for 
the reason given to have made you an earlier response and I 
also regret that I fear that it will be impossible to attend this 
celebration of the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of the Initia- 
tion of the Father of our country into the mysteries of our insti- 
tution not because it conferred upon our Ancient and Honorable 
Fraternity any honor but because it serves to remind us of the 
sterling qualities of that great character and is to us such strong 
evidence of their existence in him and the more strong impresses 
upon us the importance of giving heed to those things taught 
to us but because we by reason of this step taken by him not 
only can reverence him as the father of our great country but 
love respect and esteem him as a true man and brother. I 
will be in Washington City about Nov. 1st, but fear that I can 
not remain for your celebration but if possible will do so. 

Most fraternally yours, 

W. F. BUTCHEE, 

Grand Master. 
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Cornwall Cottage, Iberville, Que., 
October 13th, 1902. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 

Eight Worshipful Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 
Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Eight Worshipful Sir & Brother 

Some days since I received your fraternal Invitation to be 
with you on the occasion of the Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary 
of the Initiation of Brother George Washington into the Brother- 
hood of Freemasonry, and have delayed answering until this 
moment, in the hope of seeing my way clear to accept, but I very 
much regret to state that I find it will be impossible. 

It would have given me great pleasure to join your Grand 
Lodge and invited guests in doing honour to the memory of so 
great & good a Man and Brother, who was, I have no doubt, 
greatly aided in his noble career, by the invaluable lessons he 
received in our beloved order. 

With very best wishes for a successful and enjoyable gather- 
ing, 

I am Fraternally Yours, 

JOHN" B. TEESIDDEE, 
Deputy Grand Master of Quebec. 



Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, A. F. & A. M. 

Office of the Grand Master of Masons. 

Freemasons Hall, 

Providence, R. I., October 20, 1902. 
Mr. Edgar A. Tennis, 

E. • . W. * . Grand Master of Masons, 
Pennsylvania. 

E. • . W. • . Sir and Brother : 

Your kind invitation was duly received, to attend the Sesqui- 
centennial Anniversary of the Initiation of Brother George 
Washington into Freemasonry, to be held by the Eight Worship- 
ful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 

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I have delayed my answer until the last moment, trusting that 
I might be able to arrange to attend; but I feel obliged, much 
to my regret, to forego the pleasure, owing to business require- 
ments. 

It is a very happy idea of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 
to celebrate the occasion. Brother George Washington was a 
man of sterling qualities and exemplary virtues, and was 
worthy of all the honors that were bestowed upon him in life, 
and of all kind expressions which generations can ascribe to 
his memory. 

Ehode Island Masons revere the memory of Washington. It 
might be interesting in this connection to recall the Address of 
King David's Lodge of Newport, presented to Washington when 
he visited Newport on August 17, 1790, and Washington's reply 
to the same, both of which are to be found in the Centennial 
History of the Grand Lodge of Ehode Island, and a copy of 
which I enclose herewith. 

The events and customs of past generations have a great charm 
for us. It is not strange that we like to study them, for we are 
made more noble and generous-minded by the records of notable 
men and times. I take pleasure in sending through you to the 
Eight Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania the most cor- 
dial greetings and the heartiest best wishes of the Most Worship- 
ful Grand Lodge of Ehode Island on this happy celebration. 

Fraternally yours, 

WILLIAM HENEY SCOTT, 

Grand Master. 

Address. 

Newport, R. I., Aug. 17, 1790. 
To George Washington, 

President of the United States of America. 

We, the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King David's 
Lodge in Newport, Ehode Island, joyfully embrace this oppor- 
tunity to greet you as a Brother and to hail you welcome to 
Ehode Island. 

We exult in the thought that as Masonry has always been 

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patronized by the wise, the good, and the great, so hath it stood 
and ever will stand as its fixtures and on the immutable pillars 
of Faith, Hope and Charity. 

With unspeakable pleasure we gratulate you as filling the 
Presidential chair with the applause of a numerous and enlight- 
ened people, whilst at the same time we felicitate ourselves the 
honor done the Brotherhood by your many exemplary virtues 
and emanations of goodness proceeding from the heart worthy 
of possessing the Ancient mysteries of our Craft, being per- 
suaded that the wisdom and grace with which Heaven has 
endowed you will ever square all your thoughts, words and 
actions, by the eternal laws of honor, equity and truth, as to 
promote the advancement of all good works, your happiness 
and that of all mankind. 

Permit us then Illustrious Brother cordially to salute you 

with three times three and to add our fervent supplications that 

the Sovereign Architect of the Universe may aways encompass 

you with his holy protection. 

Moses Seixas, ) _. 

tt- r Committee. 

Henry Sherburne, J 

By Order, 

Wm. Littlefield, Sect'y. 



President Washington's Reply. 

To the Master, Wardens and Brethren of King David's Lodge 
in Newport, E. I. 

Gentlemen : I received the welcome which you gave me to 
Ehode Island with pleasure, and I acknowledge my obligations 
for the flattering expressions of regard contained in your address 
with grateful sincerity, being persuaded that a just application 
of the principles on winch the Masonic Fraternity is founded 
must be promotive of private virtue and public prosperity. I 
shall always be happy to advance the interest of the Society 
and to be considered by them as a deserving Brother. 

My best wishes, Gentlemen, are offered for your individual 
happiness. 

George Washington. 

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Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh, 
October 17, 1902. 

Most Worshipful Grand Sir and Brother. 

I regret that my Parliamentary and other engagements in 
this Country make it absolutely impossible for me to have the 
honour and the pleasure of availing myself of the fraternal 
invitation, which you have been so good as to convey to me, 
from the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient 
and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of 
Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging, 
to take part in its celebration of the Sesqui-centennial Anni- 
versary of the Initiation of Brother George Washington into our 
Fraternity, on Wednesday, the 5th of November. 

I beg leave to take this opportunity to convey to you, Most 
Worshipful Grand Sir, and to the Grand Lodge, over which you 
preside, the most cordial fraternal greetings of the Grand Lodge 
of Scotland. 

Believe me to be, with heartiest good wishes, 

Yours very faithfully and fraternally, 

JAMES HOZIEE, 
Grand Master Mason 
The Most Worshipful of Scotland. 

Brother Edgar A. Tennis, 

Grand Master of Pennsylvania — 
&c, &c, &c. 



Government House, Adelaide, 
12th November, 1902. 

Dear Sir and M. W. Grand Master, 

I have to acknowledge receipt of your Grand Lodge's fra- 
ternal invitation to attend the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary 
of the initiation of our illustrious Brother George Washington 
into the Masonic fraternity. 

If it had been possible for me to attend these Celebrations, 
I would gladly have accepted the invitation with which your 

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Grand Lodge have honoured me, but I only received it on Mon- 
day last. 

The name of George Washington is as much reverenced in 
Australia as it is in America, and Australian Masons are equally 
proud with their American brethren that he belonged to our 
fraternity. 

I shall be glad to receive a report of the proceedings. 

Believe me, 

M. W. Grand Master, 

Yours faithfully and fraternally, 

S. J. WAY. 
[Most Worshipful Grand Master of South Australia.] 

The M. W. The Grand Master (Edgar Tennis, Esq.) 
of Pennsylvania, 

Masonic Temple, 

Philadelphia. 



Salt Lake City, Utah, October 23, 1902. 
Mr. Edgar A. Tennis, 

Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

E. W. Sir and Bro : — 

I am in receipt of your very kind invitation to attend the 
sesqui-centennial Anniversary of Brother George Washington's 
initiation as a Free Mason, and I regret very much to inform 
you that it will be impossible to avail myself thereof. 

On behalf of the Grand Lodge of Utah I extend to you, and 
through you to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, a fraternal 
greeting. 

Thanking you for past favors, and with expressions of high 
esteem, I am, 

Faithfully and Cordially, 

WM. J. LYNCH, 

Grand Master. 

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Grand Secretary's Office, 
Freemasons' Hall, 

25 Collins Street, 
Melbourne, 11, 11, 1902. 
Brother Edgar A. Tennis, 

Most Worshipful Grand Master, 

Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. 

Deak Sir & M. W. Brother, 

I am directed to acknowledge with thanks the kind invita- 
tion to celebration of the " Sesqui-centennial Anniversary" of 
the Initiation of Bro. George Washington. 

We, although at a distance from you, join our fraternal 
hands, in a Brotherhood sacred to every true Mason and rejoice 
with you in the celebration of an incident in the life of a true 
and noble man. 

With fraternal greetings, 

Yours truly & fraternally, 

JOHN BEAIM, G. Sec'ty. 
[United Grand Lodge of Victoria (Australia).] 



Grand Lodge of Virginia, A. F. & A. M. 

Grand Secretary's Office, 

Masonic Temple, 

Richmond, Va., October 17th, 1902. 

Brother Edgar A. Tennis, 

Et. Wor. Grand Master of Masons, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Et. Wor. Brother: — 

The very courteous and fraternal invitation of the Et. Wor. 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, communicated through you to 
me, to participate in "its celebration of the Sesqui-centennial 
Anniversary of the Initiation of Brother George Washington 
into our Fraternity," has been received, for which you will accept 
my cordial thanks. 

It would afford me the greatest pleasure to meet my brethren 
on that occasion and to unite with them in attesting our venera- 

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tion for the exalted character of the great American whose con- 
nection with our ancient Fraternity you propose to honour ; but 
I regret that exacting official duties incident to the approaching 
session of the Grand Lodge of Virginia render it impossible 
for me to accept your invitation. 

Every Virginia Mason should feel a laudable pride in the fact 
that Washington was made a Mason in Fredericksburg Lodge, 
which participated in the organization of the Grand Lodge of 
Virginia, and that he was Master of Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, 
which now bears his honoured name. 

Feeling assured that the celebration will in every respect be 
worthy of the illustrious man whose Masonic career and civic 
virtues you propose to commemorate, I have the honour to be, 

Truly and fraternally yours, 

GEO. W. CARRINGTON, 

Grand Secretary. 

Alexandria, Va., 

October 28th, 1902. 

Edgae A. Tennis, Esq., 

Most Worshipful Grand Master 

of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge 

of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons 
of Pennsylvania. 

M. W. Sir & Dear Brother : — 

Your fraternal and courteous invitation to be present and 
participate with you in your celebration of the Sesqui-centen- 
nial Anniversary of the Initiation of 

Brother George Washington 
into our Fraternity, to be held in the City of Philadelphia on 
November 5th, A.D. 1902, has been duly received. 

Whilst from my advanced age and physical infirmities I 
shall be unable to be with you in person, yet in heart and spirit 
I will be in your midst and rejoice in the honor bestowed upon 
the memory of our Illustrious Brother, whose virtues and 
patriotism are so deeply enshrined in the hearts of the people 
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kindly remembrance of old Alex'a.- Washington Lodge, No. 22, of 
which I have been a member for nearly half a century. 

Our dear old Mother, the Grand Lodge of Pa., granted our 
first Charter in 1783, and we shall ever cherish her memory. 

Very truly & fraternally yours, 

WM. H. LAMBERT, 

P. G. M. of Va. 



Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and 
Accepted Masons of Washington. 

Office of the Grand Master. 

Seattle, Wash., Oct. 15, 1902. 
Hon. Edgak A. Tennis, 

Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 

Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Eight Worshipful Sie : 

I gratefully acknowledge receipt of your invitation to take 
part in the celebration in Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, by 
your Grand Lodge, on Wednesday, November 5, 1902, of the 
Sesqui-Centennial anniversary of the initiation of Brother 
GEOKGE WASHINGTON into our Fraternity. 

Nothing could well be more agreeable to me than to be in 
attendance upon that highly interesting occasion. As an old- 
time Pennsylvanian, I should expect to meet many friends, from 
Erie to Philadelphia, of my boyhood days; I should expect to 
meet my wife, now sojourning in your City, her old home; and 
I should expect to hear from gifted lips strong and stirring 
tributes to the great name of GEORGE WASHINGTON and 
to the great idea underlying FREEMASONRY. My Court 
engagements will deprive me of all this pleasure; and I must 
content myself with an assurance to you of the poignant grief 
which this deprivation entails. 

The celebration is worthy of the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- 
vania, which in his lifetime was foremost in rendering honor to 
General Washington. No other name in Cis-Atlantic Free- 

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masonry has taken so deep a hold on the imaginations, minds 
and hearts of American Brethren as the name of Brother 
GEOEGE WASHINGTON. We do not forget or ignore 
the other great spirits of the Eevolution who were Freemasons : 
Benjamin Franklin, Master of the first warranted Lodge in 
Pennsylvania, the Provincial Grand Master of that province; 
Peyton Eandolph, first president of the Continental Congress, 
and last Provincial Grand Master of Virginia; Edmund Ean- 
dolph, Governor of Virginia, and Grand Master of Masons in 
that Commonwealth; Gen. David Wooster, an officer of 
the Eevolution, and Master of the first Lodge in Connecticut; 
Pierpont Edwards, first Grand Master of Connecticut; Jabez 
Bowen, Lieutenant Governor of Ehode Island, and Grand 
Master of that State; Colonel William Barton, the Ehode 
Island Mason who captured the British General, Prescott ; Gen. 
John Sullivan, first Grand Master of New Hampshire; Gen. 
James Jackson, Governor and Grand Master of Georgia; Wil- 
liam Eichardson Davie, Governor and Grand Master of North 
Carolina; Eichard Caswell, also Governor and Grand Master 
of North Carolina ; Gen. Mordecai Gist, Grand Master of South 
Carolina; Doctor James Milnor, Grand Master of Pennsyl- 
vania; Doctor Samuel Seabury, the first Episcopal Bishop in 
America; Gen. Eufus Putnam, the first Grand Master of Ohio; 
Gen. Joseph Warren, Grand Master of the Massachusetts Grand 
Lodge; Aaron Ogden, Governor of New Jersey; Daniel Coxe 
of New Jersey, the first Provincial Grand Master in America, 
and who proposed in 1741 an alliance of the colonies for mutual 
protection and defence; and Eobert E. Livingston, Chancellor 
of the State of New York, and Grand Master of that State. We 
hold all these in loving remembrance; but as in their time the 
popular sentiment hailed Bro. Washington as the hero of 
Masonry, so it has been from that day to this: he is facile 
princeps. 

Upon the severance of Masonic connection between Great 
Britain and Ireland and the United States of America after 
the Eevolution, followed by an independent American polity, 
there was in the ranks of the Brotherhood a spontaneous desire 
for the organization of a General Grand Lodge with George 

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Washington at its head; and it is one of the interesting curi- 
osities of the time, that Freemasons throughout the country 
actually believed that he was General Grand Master. They 
assumed that what should be, really was. 

The career of George Washington as the arch-rebel of his day 
would be wholly inexplicable but for his early connection with 
Freemasonry. The Fraternity was introduced into America 
about the time of his birth. He joined it before he was 21 and 
while his mind was yet plastic. The tenor of its teachings — 
not so colorless as now — was in sharp conflict with the basic 
idea of the Loyalism which was to him a family inheritance. 
His financial interests as a wealthy planter and large exporter 
were in unison with the traditional Toryism of his family and 
with the maintenance of fealty to the British Crown. He must 
have found it increasingly difficult to reconcile these personal 
interests and hereditary inclinations with the principles of 
LIBERTY, EQUALITY and FRATERNITY, which formed 
the triune watchword of the secret Brotherhood. The events of 
the time forced upon him a choice between these antagonistic 
forces and tendencies. England's claim of the right to levy 
unlimited taxation upon the Colonies was combatted in the 
Virginia House of Burgesses, of which Washington was a mem- 
ber, with tremendous and overwhelming eloquence by Patrick 
Henry. That tongue of fire warmed into surging life in Wash- 
ington's bosom the great doctrines of Freemasonry to which he 
had listened for over 20 years. The die was cast: George 
Washington ceased to be a provincial Loyalist and became an 
American Rebel. From that moment his history belongs to 
the world. He grew gray and almost blind in the service of 
his country. 

In prehistoric times so noble and spotless a hero and patriot 
would have been deified, and would forever live in the religion 
and hearts of the people as one of the divine rulers of the earth. 
To us he is the grandest character ever produced on the west- 
ern shore of the Atlantic. His fame will not be dimmed by the 
flight of the centuries. 

" Whatever record leap to light, 
He never shall be shamed." 
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From the " Pennsylvania of the Pacific," the apt characteri- 
zation of the young State which has been named for our hero, 
I send you the hearty greetings of the Grand Lodge of Wash- 
ington ! 

Fraternally yours, 

JOHN" AKTHUK, 

Grand Master. 



"West Australian" Office, 

Perth, November 18th, 1902. 
Dear Sir & Brother. 

I have to gratefully acknowledge your kind invitation to be 
present at the Sesqui-centennial Anniversary of the initiation 
of Bro George Washington. Had it been at all possible, I 
should have done myself the high honor of being present on 
so memorable an occasion. Your invitation in my case reached 
me too late even to allow me to let you know I could not be 
present; but in any event it would have been impossible for me 
to have got away. 

I earnestly trust the ceremony proved a success proportionate 
to the importance and interest of the occasion. 

Will you allow me to convey to yourself M. K. W. Sir, my 
own hearty fraternal greetings on behalf of the Grand Lodge 
of Western Australia. 

I have the honor to be, 

Yours fraternally, 

J. W. Hackett, 
G. M. W. A. C. 
Edgar A. Tennis, Esq., 
Masonic Temple, 
Philadelphia. 



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LODGES WHICH HELD CELEBRA- 
TIONS 

In accordance with the recommendation of the Grand 
Lodge, the following Lodges celebrated the Sesqui- 
centennial Anniversary, the number of Brethren par- 
ticipating being given where it was reported : 



DISTRICT No. i. 

Lodge No. 43, Lancaster ; ) 

Lamberton, No. 476, Lancaster; j 
Columbia, No. 286, Columbia; 60. 
Christiana, No. 417, Christiana; 121. 

DISTRICT No. 2. 

Perseverance, No. 21, Harrisburg; 275. 
Lodge No. 22, Sunbury; 65. 
Shamokin, No. 255, Shamokin; 99. 
Eobert Burns, No. 464, Harrisburg; 150. 
Ashlar, No. 570, Wiconisco; 111. 

DISTRICT No. 3. 

Cumberland Star, No. 197, Carlisle; 
St. John's, No. 260, Carlisle; 
Eureka, 302, Mechanicsburg; 
Cumberland Valley, 315, Shippensburg ; 
Big Spring, No. 361, Newville; 
Monongahela Valley, No. 461, Coal Centre ; _ 



400. 



DISTRICT No. 4. 

York, No. 266, York; 174. 
Patmos, 348, Hanover; ) 

Hebron, No. 465, New Oxford; ) 
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DISTRICT No. 5. 

Williamson, No. 309, Downingtown; 100. 
Skerrett, No. 343, Cochranville ; 150. 

DISTRICT No. 6. 

Charity, No. 190, Norristown; 100. 
Fritz, No. 420, Conshohocken ; 100. 
Shiloh, No. 558, Lansdale; 150. 
Cassia, No. 273, Ardmore. 

DISTRICT No. 7. 

Lodge No. 62, Eeading ; 
Mount Lebanon, No. 226, Lebanon; 
Chandler, No. 227, Eeading; 
"Williamson, No. 307, Womelsdorf ; 
Teutonia, No. 367, Reading; 
Huguenot, No. 377, Kutztown; 
St. John's, No. 435, Eeading; 
Union, No. 479, Birdsboro'; 
Eeading, No. 549, Eeading; 
Vaux, No. 406, Hamburg; 80. 

DISTRICT No. 8. 

Fort Washington, No. 308, Fort Washington; 60. 
Newtown, No. 427, Newtown; 55. 
Quakertown, No. 512, Quakertown; | 
MacCalla, No. 596, Sellersville ; J 

DISTRICT No. 9. 
Bethlehem, No. 283, Bethlehem; 98. 
Barger, No. 325, Stroudsburg ; 69. 
Monoquesy, No. 413, Bath ; 38. 
Hellertown, No. 563, Hellertown; 42. 

DISTRICT No. 10. 
Carbon, No. 242, Mauch Chunk; 57. 
Hazel, No. 327, Hazelton; ^ 

Laurel, No. 467, White Haven; I 222. 
Arbutus, No. 611, Freeland; ) 
Lehighton, No. 621, Lehighton; 33. 
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Y 225. 



Porter, No. 284, Catasaqua; 
Lehigh, No. 326, Trexlertown ; 
Barger, No. 333, Allentown; 
Slatington, No. 440, Slatington; 
Saucon, No. 469, Coopersburg; 
Greenleaf, No. 561, Allentown; 

DISTRICT No. ii. 

Pulaski, No. 216, Pottsville; 
Schuylkill, No. 138, Orwigsburg; 
Minersville, No. 222, Minersville; 
Page, No. 270, Schuylkill Haven; 
Pine Grove, No. 409, Pine Grove; 
Cressona, No. 426, Cressona ; 
Tamaqua, No. 238, Tamaqua; 54. 
Anthracite, No. 285, St. Clair; 50. 
Mahanoy City, No. 357, Mahanoy City; ) 
Shenandoah, No. 511, Shenandoah; J 

DISTRICT No. 12. 



► 138. 



102. 



200. 



Lodge No. 61, Wilkes-Barre ; 17: 
St. John's, No. 233, Pittston; j 
Valley, No. 499, Pittston; I 
Sylvania, No. 354, Shickshinny; 46. 
Landmark, No. 442, Wilkes-Barre; 260. 
Wyoming, No. 468, Wyoming; 21. 
Nanticoke, No. 541, Nanticoke; 53. 
See Districts Nos. 10 and 35. 



DISTRICT No. 13. 

Carbondale, No. 249, Carbondale; 
Aurora, No. 523, Jermyn; 
Moscow, No. 504, Moscow; 30. 
Hiram, No. 261; 
Union, No. 291; 
Peter Williamson, No. 323 ; 
Hyde Park, No. 339 ; 
Schiller, No. 345 ; and 
Green Ridge, No. 597, Scranton ; > 
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DISTRICT No. 14. 

Hawley, No. 305, Hawley; 
Honesdale, No. 218, Honesdale; 
Salem, No. 330, Hamlinton; [ igO. 
Milford, No. 344, Milford; 
Waymart, No. 542, Waymart; 

DISTRICT No. 15. 

Forest City, No. 439, Forest City; ) 

Mount Hermon, No. 472, Union Dale; 1 30 " 
See District No. 16. 

DISTRICT No. 16. 

Temple, No. 248, Tunkhannock; \ 
Nicholson, No. 438, Nicholson; J 

DISTRICT No. 17. 
Friendship, No. 247, Mansfield; 50. 
Ossea, No. 317, Wellesboro' ; 150. 

DISTRICT No. 18. 
Charity, No. 144, Lewisburg; ") 

Mifflinburg, No. 370, Mifflinburg; 
Watsontown, No. 401, Watsontown; 
Milton, No. 256, Milton (of District No. 35) ; J 

DISTRICT No. 19. 

Union, No. 324, Mifflintown ; 
Lewistown, No. 203, Lewistown; 
Adams, No. 319, New Bloomfield; 
Lamberton, No. 371, Thompsontown; }> 178. 
McVeytown, No. 376, McVeytown; 
Newport, No. 381, Newport; 
Perry, No. 458, Marysville; 

DISTRICT No. 20. 

Mountain, No. 281; 1 

Logan, No. 490; \- 200. 

Hiram, No. 616, Altoona; J 
Tyrone, No. 494, Tyrone; 82. 

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DISTRICT No. 21. 

Belief onte, No. 268, Belief onte; 



50 
Old Fort, No. 537, Centre Hill ; ' 

Clearfield, No. 314, Clearfield; 85. 

Moshannon, No. 391, Philipsburg ; \ 

Osceola, No. 515, Osceola Mills; J 

John W. Jenks, No. 534, Punxsutawney ; 35. 

Coalport, No. 574, Coalport; 40. 

DISTRICT No. 22. 
Union, No. 334, Bradford; 200. 
Eulalia, No. 342, Coudersport; 150. 
Eldred, No. 560, Eldred; 50. 
Galeton, No. 602, Galeton; 50. 

DISTRICT No. 23. 

Petrolia, No. 363, Oil City; 

Allegheny Valley, No. 352, Emlenton (of District No. C 400. 

27) * 

DISTRICT No. 24. 

Waterford, No. 425; Waterford; ] 

Wattsburg, No. 533, Wattsburg; i ^ 

Eureka, No. 363, Union City; | 

Oasis, No. 416, Edinboro'; J 

DISTRICT No. 25. 

Oil Creek, No. 303, Titusville; | 
Shepherd, No. 463, Titusville; \ 
Spartan, No. 372, Spartansburg ; 50. 
Crawford, No. 234, Meadville; "1 

Lodge No. 408, Meadville; 1- 17^ 

Covenant, No. 473, Cambridge Springs; j 
Western Crawford, No. 258, Conneautville; J 

DISTRICT No. 27. 
Kittanning, No. 244, Kittanning; 125. 
Clarion, No. 277, Clarion; 50. 
Canby, No. 520, St. Petersburg; 25. 
Parker City, No. 521, Parker City; 30. 
John M. Eead, No. 536, Eeynoldsville ; 40. 

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Edenburg, No. 550, Edenburg; 40. 

Leechburg, No. 577, Leechburg; 

Williamson, No. 431, Saltsburg (of District No. 39) ; 

Apollo, No. 437, Apollo (of District No. 39) ; 125. 

Kiskiminetas, No. 617, Vandergrift (of District No. 

39); 
See Districts Nos. 23 and 32. 



DISTRICTS Nos. 28 AND 32. 
District No. 28. 

Lodge No. 45 ; 

St. John's, No. 219 ; 

Franklin, No. 221 ; 

Solomon's, No. 231; 

Washington, No. 253 ; 

Monongahela, No. 269 ; 

Milnor, No. 287 ; 

Hailman, No. 321 ; 

McCandless, No. 390; 

Pittsburgh, No. 484; 

Dallas, No. 508 ; 

Germania, No. 509 ; 

Guyasuta, No. 513 ; 

Oakland, No. 535 ; 1760. 

Duquesne, No. 546 ; and 

Crescent, No. 576, Pittsburgh; 

Centennial, No. 544, Carnegie ; 

District No. 32. 
Allegheny, No. 223 ; 
Jefferson, No. 288 ; 
McKinley, No. 318 ; 
Davage, No. 374; 
Stuckrath, No. 430; and 
Ionic, No. 525, Allegheny; 
Zeredatha, No. 448, Sharpsburg; 
Bellevue, No. 530, Bellevue; 
Corinthian, No. 573, Millvale Borough; j 

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DISTRICT No. 29. 

Charleroi, No. 615, Charleroi; 

Chandler, No. 237, Beallsville; 

Henry M. Phillips, No. 337, Monongahela City; 

Monongahela Valley, No. 461, Coal Centre; 

Gummert, No. 252, Fayette City (of District No. 31) ; 

Washington, No. 164, Washington; 

Sunset, No. 623, Washington ; 

Waynesburg, No. 153, Waynesburg; 

Chartiers, No. 297, Cannonsburg; 523. 

Claysville, No. 447, Claysville ; 

Bichard Vaux, No. 454, Burgettstown : 

Garfield, No. 604, McDonald; 



DISTRICT No. 30. 

Loyalhanna, No. 275, Latrobe; 76. 
Marion, No. 562, Scottdale; 80. 

DISTRICT No. 31. 

Fayette, No. 228, TJniontown, and others; 300. 
See District No. 29. 

DISTRICT No. 32. 

See District No. 28. 

Pollock, No. 502, Tarentum; 

Armstrong, No. 239, Freeport (of District No. 27) ; 

DISTRICT No. 33. 

La Fayette, No. 199, Lock Haven; 104. 
Eenovo, No. 495, Eenovo; 59. 
Kane, No. 566, Kane; \ 
Wilcox, No. 571, Wilcox; J 

DISTRICT No. 34. 

Mount Moriah, No. 300, Huntingdon; 81. 
Everett, No. 524, Everett; 70. 

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DISTRICT No. 35. 

Danville, No. 224, Danville; ) 

Mahoning, No. 516, Danville; ) 

Washington, No. 265, Bloomsburg; 

Catawissa, No. 349, Catawissa; 

Oriental, No. 460, Orange ville; 

Knapp, No. 462, Berwick (of District No. 12) ; 

Middleburg, No. 619, Middleburg; 34. 

See District No. 18. 

DISTRICT No. 36. 

Chester, No. 236, Chester; 155. 

George W. Bartram, No. 298, Media ; 125. 

Lucius H. Scott, No. 352, Chester; 129. 

Oxford, No. 353, Oxford; 60. 

Kennett, No. 475, Kennett Square; 120. 

Concord, No. 625, Concordville ; 50. 

DISTRICT No. 37. 

Kochester, No. 229, Eochester; 

Union, No. 259, New Brighton; 

Meridian, No. 411, Darlington; 

Harmony, No. 429, Zelienople ; )■ 325. 

St. James, No. 457, Beaver; 

Beaver Valley, No. 478, Beaver Falls ; 

Glasgow, No. 485, Smith's Ferry; 

DISTRICT No. 38. 

Braddock's Field, No. 510, Braddock ; 1 
Homestead, No. 582, Homestead; 
Tyrian, No. 612, Wilmerding; 
Valley, No. 613, Turtle Creek; 
Orient, No. 590, Wilkinsburg; 175. 
Alliquippa, No. 375, McKeesport; 
Stephen Bayard, No. 526, Elizabeth; 
Youghiogheny, No. 583, McKeesport; 

DISTRICT No. 39. 

See District No. 27. 

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DISTRICT No. 40. 

Phoenix, No. 75, Phcenixville ; 75. 
Warren, No. 310, Trappe; 100. 
Spring City, No. 553, Spring City; 60. 
Koyersford, No. 585, Koyersford; 50. 
Perkiomen, No. 595, East Greenville; 40. 

DISTRICT No. 41. 

Cambria, No. 278, Johnstown; ") 
Johnstown, No. 538, Johnstown; y 265. 
Summit, No. 312, Ebensburg; J 

LODGES MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA. 

Montgomery, No. 19. 

Harmony, No. 52. 

Washington, No. 59. 

Hiram, No. 81. 

Hermann, No. 125. 

Eising Star, No. 126. 

Eranklin, No. 134. 

Mount Moriah, No. 155. 

Meridian Sun, No. 158. 

Eastern Star, No. 186. 

Kensington, No. 211. 

Melita, No. 295. 

Mitchell, No. 296. 

Humboldt, No. 359. 

Mozart, No. 436. 

Philo, No. 444. 

Covenant, No. 456. 

St. Paul's, No. 481. 

Eobert A. Lamberton, No. 487. 

Gothic, No. 519. 

Fernwood, No. 543. 

E. Coppee Mitchell, No. 605. 

University, No. 610. 

Henry W. Williams, No. 624. 

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The foregoing list is as complete as the Committee 
could make it; they have some unofficial information 
as to a few Lodges which may have participated in the 
Sesqui-centennial celebration, but feel that, in the ab- 
sence of definite and official information, this volume 
should not be longer delayed, and reluctantly issue it 
without perhaps giving full credit to all Lodges which 
held celebrations. 



CONCLUSION 

At its meeting held on Wednesday, November the 
twelfth, the Sesqui-centennial Committee directed that 
a Memorial Volume should be prepared, and intrusted 
that work to a Committee consisting of Brother Edgar 
A. Tennis, R. W. Grand Master ; Brother William 
A. Sinn, R. W. Grand Secretary, and Brother James 
M. Lamberton. 

That Committee now has the pleasure of submitting 
the foregoing. 

James M. Lamberton, 

For the Committee. 

November 22, a.d. 1902, a.l. 5902. 



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